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Table 2 Effect of parasite load at baseline on failure: day 28

From: Efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Kenyan children aged less than five years: results of an open-label, randomized, single-centre study

Parasite load at baseline

Failure at day 28

p-value*

AL dispersible

p-value*

DP dispersible

p-value*

≤50,000 (n = 223)

37 (16.6%)

0.796

23 (20.5%)

0.735

14 (12.6%)

0.959

>50,000 (n = 219)

34 (15.5%)

20 (18.2%)

14 (12.6%)

≤100,000 (n = 328)

54 (16.5%)

0.768

31 (19.1%)

0.851

23 (13.9%)

0.484

>100,000 (n = 114)

17 (14.9%)

12 (20.0%)

5 (9.3%)

  1. *p-value from chi-square/fishers exact test.