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Table 1 Pre-treatment characteristics of the study subjects

From: Adding a single low-dose of primaquine (0.25 mg/kg) to artemether-lumefantrine did not compromise treatment outcome of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Tanzania: a randomized, single-blinded clinical trial

Characteristic

Treatment arm

P-value

AL + PQ

AL

n = 110

n = 110

Female, n (%)

55 (50)

55 (50)

1.0

Age (years), median (range)

9 (5.6–15)

10 (5–23)

0.392

Body weight (kg), mean (SD)

30.7 (17.1)

34.3 (19.6)

0.145

Body temperature (°C), mean (SD)

38.3 (1.1)

38.3 (1.3)

0.977

Fever (≥37.5 °C), n (%)

88 (80)

80 (73)

0.204¥

Geometric mean asexual parasite density/µl (95 % CI)

8327 (5451–12,717)

8384 (5437–12,927)

0.982

  1. Mann–Whitney test,  Student t-test, ¥ Chi square test