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Table 2 Symptoms on admission in the AS7 and MAS7 groups

From: The neurological assessment in young children treated with artesunate monotherapy or artesunate-mefloquine combination therapy for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Symptoms

AS7 n = 45

MAS7 n = 46

P

Feels ill

97.8 (45/45)

97.8 (44/46)

1.000

Weakness

68.2 (30/44)

65.2 (30/46)

0.825

Stopped walking, sitting or crawling

42.2 (19/45)

34.8 (16/46)

0.522

Talk/babbles less

40.0 (18/45)

43.5 (20/46)

0.832

Feeding less

70.5 (31/44)

68.9 (31/45)

1.000

Refuse food

60.5 (26/43)

50.0 (22/44)

0.391

Sleeping badly

57.8 (26/45)

45.7 (21/46)

0.297

Crying more than normal

71.71 (32/45)

71.7 (33/46)

1.000

Playing less than normal

86.7 (39/45)

84.8 (39/46)

1.000

Eye contact reduced

13.6 (6/44)

21.7 (10/46)

0.411

Seek mum/guardian

48.9 (22/456)

39.1 (18/46)

0.402

Sad/depressed

75.6 (34/456)

76.1 (35/46)

1.000

Less responsive to mum

48.9 (22/45)

54.3 (24/46)

0.677

Strange behaviour

4.3 (2/45)

4.3 (2/46)

1.000

Smiling less

84.4 (38/45)

82.6 (38/46)

1.000