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Table 5 Multiple logistic regression model of risk factors for recrudescence.

From: Failure of artesunate-mefloquine combination therapy for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in southern Cambodia

Risk factor

Odds ratio* (95% CI)

P value

Log parasite density

3.40 (1.12, 10.3)

0.031

Day of clearance

1.48 (1.13, 1.94)

0.004

Pfmdr1 copy number

1.92 (1.32, 2.79)

0.001

  1. *This represents the increment in the odds ratio for recrudescence for each single unit increase in the risk factor, one log of parasitaemia density, one additional day for clearance, or one additional copy of pfmdr1.