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Table 1 Demographic and baseline characteristics of the enrolled patients

From: Therapeutic efficacy of artemether–lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria from three highly malarious states in India

 

Jhabua, MP

(n = 98)

Anuppur, MP

(n = 89)

Bastar, CG

(n = 123)

Simdega, JH

(n = 92)

Total

Age (years)

 Mean

12.12

21.03

14.72

17.02

16.01

 sd

11.34

18.55

11.52

15.81

14.61

 Min

1

0.83

2

2

0.83

 Max

58

60

49

60

60

Age group (years) (%)

 Under 5

16 (16.23)

10 (11.24)

11 (8.94)

9 (9.78)

46 (11.44)

 5–15

59 (60.20)

42 (47.19)

72 (58.54)

55 (59.78)

228 (56.72)

 Adult

23 (23.47)

37 (41.57)

40 (32.52)

28 (30.43)

128 (31.84)

Sex

 Male (%)

67 (68.37)

47 (52.81)

80 (65.04)

53 (57.61)

247 (61.44)

 Female (%)

31 (31.63)

42 (47.19)

43 (34.96)

39 (42.39)

155 (38.56)

Weight (kg)

 Mean

26.84

30.2

30.7

28.06

29.04

 sd

13.66

15.82

15.88

14.73

15.10

 Min

8

5

9

9

5

 Max

67

64

64

65

67

Height (cm)

 Mean

127.98

133.98

132.36

130

131.11

 sd

26.33

26.16

27.59

25.51

26.47

 Min

37

65

60

65

37

 Max

175

173

170

168.9

175

Parasite density/µL (at enrollment)

 Geometric mean

6868.41

2518.11

7868.93

3031.62

4750.77

 95 % CI

(5755.9–8195.9)

(2015.3–3146.4)

(6430.5–9629.2)

(2086.4–4405.1)

(4163.18–5421.30)

 <2000/µL n (%)

9 (9.2)

45 (50.6)

15 (12.2)

22 (23.9)

91 (22.64)

 >2000/µL n (%)

30 (30.6)

27 (30.3)

29 (23.6)

33 (35.9)

119 (29.60)

 >5000/µL n (%)

28 (28.6)

6 (6.7)

27 (21.9)

16 (17.4)

77 (19.15)

 >10,000/µL n (%)

31 (31.6)

11 (12.4)

52 (42.3)

21 (22.8)

115 (28.61)

Gametocyte carriage

 n (%)

7 (7.1)

10 (11.2)

2 (1.6)

8 (8.7)

27 (6.72)