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Table 2 Clinical and parasitological responses

From: Parasite clearance rates in Upper Myanmar indicate a distinctive artemisinin resistance phenotype: a therapeutic efficacy study

Study site

Total

Myitkyina

Thabeikkyin

P value

Median time of fever clearance (IQR), hours

6 (6–12)

6 (6–6)

12 (6–18)

0.008**

Median parasite clearance Half-life (IQR), hours

3.3 (2.1–4.8)

4.4 (3.4–6.7)

2.6 (2.0–3.8)

<0.0001**

Parasite clearance time (Median, IQR), hours

42 (30–72)

72 (42–96)

36 (24–72)

<0.0001**

Parasite clearance Half-life >4 h, n/N (%)

42/114 (37.7)

27/43 (62.8)

16/71 (22.5)

P < 0.001*

Parasite clearance half-life >5 h, n/N (%)

26/114 (22.8)

17/43 (39.5)

9/71 (12.7)

P < 0.01*

Day 3 parasitaemia, n/N (%)

20/114 (17.5)

13/43 (30.2)

7/71 (9.9)

P < 0.01*

Gametocyte carriage time (median, IQR), hours

18 (9–57)

57 (6–81)

16.5 (12–24)

0.31

ACPR on day 42, % (95 % CI)

100 (97–100)

100 (92–100)

100 (95–100)

 
  1. ACPR adequate clinical and parasitological response
  2. * Chi square statistics
  3. ** Mann–Whitney test