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Table 4 Variations in mean gametocyte sex ratio with time after amodiaquine treatment of 612 children

From: Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte sex ratios in children with acute, symptomatic, uncomplicated infections treated with amodiaquine

  

Year

 

Days of follow up

Sex ratio

2000

2004

2006

2000–2006

P value

0

Mean

0.004 (12)

0.048 (38)

0.2 (16)

0.076 (66)

< 0.0001

 

SE

0.004

0.019

0.05

0.019

 

1

Mean

0.0 (4)

0.076 (37)

0.32 (8)

0.11 (49)

0.003

 

SE

0.0

0.025

0.12

0.03

 

2

Mean

0.13 (7)

0.1 (34)

0.25 (6)

0.13 (47)

0.3

 

SE

0.08

0.03

0.08

0.03

 

3

Mean

0.29 (11)

0.15 (38)

0.4 (21)

0.25 (70)

0.006

 

SE

0.1

0.03

0.08

0.04

 

7

Mean

0.25 (12)

0.25 (22)

0.37 (16)

0.29 (50)

0.48

 

SE

0.11

0.05

0.1

0.05

 

14

Mean

0.13 (5)

0.28 (18)

0.51 (6)

0.3 (29)

0.14

 

SE

0.08

0.08

0.14

0.06

 

21

Mean

-

0.25 (4)

0.3 (1)

0.26 (5)

-

 

SE

-

0.25

-

0.19

 

28

Mean

-

0.0 (2)

0.52 (2)

0.26 (4)

0.46

 

SE

-

0.0

0.19

0.17

 
  1. SE, standard error of mean; Number in parenthesis indicates number of patients