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Table 4 Adverse events after baseline but before recurrence of parasitaemia occurring in > 5% of patients, by body weight group

From: Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine in the treatment of acute uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Nigerian infants and children

Adverse Events

n (%)

 

BWG1

5-<10 kg

(N = 50)

BWG2

10-<15 kg

(N = 37)

BWG3

15-<25 kg

(N = 16)

Ttotal

5-<25 kg

(N = 103)

Anaemia

32 (64.0)

20 (54.1)

7 (43.8)

59 (57.3)

Cough

20 (40.0)

11 (29.7)

2 (12.5)

33 (32.0)

Hepatomegaly

9 (18.0)

12 (32.4)

5 (31.3)

26 (25.2)

Respiratory tract infection

21 (42.0)

9 (24.3)

1 (6.3)

31 (30.1)

Splenomegaly

10 (20.0)

9 (24.3)

2 (12.5)

21 (20.4)

Diarrhoea

11 (22.0)

7 (18.9)

2 (12.5)

20 (19.4)

Vomiting

10 (20.0)

3 (8.1)

5 (31.3)

18 (17.5)

Rashes

11 (22.0)

5 (13.5)

1 (6.3)

17 (16.5)

Anorexia

9 (18.0)

5 (13.5)

1 (6.3)

15 (14.6)

Clonus

7 (14.0)

5 (13.5)

1 (6.3)

13 (12.6)

Insomnia

7 (14.0)

3 (8.1)

1 (6.3)

11 (10.7)

Catarrh

4 (8.0)

5 (13.5)

0 (0.0)

9 (8.7)

Hypothermia

5 (10.0)

1 (2.7)

0 (0.0)

6 (5.8)

Hyperreflexia

3 (6.0)

2 (5.4)

1 (6.3)

6 (5.8)