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Table 5 Relationship between weight and age of patients who received artemether-lumefantrine based on recommended artemether-lumefantrine dosing bands (N = 503)

From: Correct dosing of artemether-lumefantrine for management of uncomplicated malaria in rural Tanzania: do facility and patient characteristics matter?

Dosing criteria

Age <3 years

3 - <9 years

9 t - < 12 years

12 years and above

Total

<15 kg

175 (98.8%)

67 (46.5%)

2 (6.1%)

1 (0.7%)

245 (48.7%)

15-25 kg

2 (0.2%)

73 (50.7%)

14 (42.4%)

-

89 (17.7%)

>25-35 kg

-

4 (2.8%)

14 (42.4%)

6 (4.0%)

24 (4.8%)

>35 kg

-

-

3 (9.1%)

142 (95.3%)

145 (28.8%)

Total

177 (100%)

144 (100%)

33 (100%)

149 (100%)

503 (100%)