Longitudinal study on Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte carriage following artemether-lumefantrine administration in a cohort of children aged 12–47 months living in Western Kenya, a high transmission area

Table 4 Gametocyte density analysis

Variables	Gametocyte density versus variables	P value
Variables	Coef (95% CI)	P value
Age	-0.327 (-0.840, 0.185)	0.211
Parasitaemia	0.0000364 (9.33E-06, 6.36E-05)	0.008
Hb	-8.009 (-12.355, -3.66334)	<0.001
Mixed Infection	-4.167 (-21.569, 13.236)	0.639
Age	-0.388 (-0.896, 0.121)	0.135
Parasitaemia	3.29E-05 (6.65E-06, 5.91E-05)	0.014
Hb	-7.995 (-12.389, -3.602)	<0.001
Body Temp	-0.874 (-4.399, 2.651)	0.627
Mixed Infection	-2.480 (-20.443, 15.484)	0.787

Regression coefficient (Coef), the 95% confidence interval (95% CI) and p-values based on robust regression model were generated. This analysis was used to asses association between gametocyte density, which is a continuous outcome and the outcomes of several variables as shown. Variables with and without body temp, which has been speculated to affect gametocyte density were separated in the analysis.

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