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Table 2 Crude and adjusted hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for factors related to P. vivax reappearance

From: Directly-observed therapy (DOT) for the radical 14-day primaquine treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria on the Thai-Myanmar border

Variables

Reappearance

N (%)

Crude HR

(95% CI)

Adjusted HR*

(95% CI)

Treatment group

   

   DOT

3 (2.8)

1

1

   SAT

12 (11.2)

3.98 (1.12-14.09)

6.21 (1.39-27.79)

Age group

   

   3-7 years

6 (11.1)

1

1

   8-13 years

1 (2.6)

0.21 (0.03-1.72)

0.02 (0.0008-0.54)

   ≥14 years

8 (6.5)

0.60 (0.21-1.72)

0.62 (0.17-2.32)

Duration of fever pre-treatment

   

   0-2 days

11 (9.8)

1

1

   3+ days

4 (3.9)

0.38 (0.12-1.21)

0.16 (0.04-0.68)

Total primaquine dose/body weight

   

   ≥ 2.75 mg/kg

13 (6.1)

1

1

   < 2.75 mg/kg

2 (50.0)

8.39 (1.89-37.22)

10.45 (2.02-54.03)

Parasite count at Day0

   

   < 10000 /µl

8 (4.3)

1

1

   ≥ 10000 /µl

6 (20.0)

4.87 (1.69-14.04)

5.43 (1.59-18.54)

Multiplicity of P. vivax genotype infection

8 (4.7)

1

1

   Single

6 (15.8)

5.97 (2.07-17.23)

4.81 (1.53-15.16)

   Multiple

   

P. falciparum infection post-treatment for P. vivax

   

   No

13 (6.3)

1

1

   Yes

2 (22.2)

4.01 (0.90-17.77)

13.66 (1.36-137.64)

Gender

   

   Male

10 (7.7)

1

-

   Female

5 (5.8)

0.78 (0.27-2.28)

 

Presence of gametocyte

   

   No

10 (7.5)

1

-

   Yes

4 (4.9)

0.63 (0.19-2.01)

 

pvcs gene genotype

   

   VK210

12 (6.7)

1

-

   VK247

1 (6.3)

1.10 (0.14-8.49)

 

   VK210&VK247

1 (7.1)

1.06 (0.14-8.13)

 

G6PD mutation status

   

   Wild-type

12 (7.3)

1

-

   G6PD Mahidol Homozygote

0

-

 

   G6PD Mahidol Hemizygote

2 (10.0)

1.33 (0.30-5.93)

 

   G6PD Mahidol Heterozygote

1 (4.3)

0.62 (0.081-4.78)

 
  1. *Adjusted for variables included in the multivariate Cox regression model