Table 2 Dosing of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine using a height-based prediction model, Ayilo camps, Uganda, 2015
Correctly dosed | Under-dosed | Over-dosed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
All children | 1799 | 79.3 | 325 | 14.3 | 144 | 6.4 |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 908 | 79.4 | 161 | 14.1 | 74 | 6.5 |
Female | 891 | 79.2 | 164 | 14.6 | 70 | 6.2 |
Tribe | ||||||
Dinka | 1447 | 79.6 | 245 | 13.5 | 125 | 6.9 |
Madi | 303 | 78.3 | 70 | 18.1 | 14 | 3.6 |
Missing | 49 | 76.6 | 10 | 15.6 | 5 | 7.8 |
Actual weight (kg) | ||||||
5–6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 100 |
7–12 | 363 | 88.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 45 | 11.0 |
13–23 | 879 | 84.0 | 109 | 10.4 | 58 | 5.6 |
24–35 | 478 | 73.5 | 141 | 21.7 | 31 | 4.8 |
≥36 | 79 | 51.6 | 74 | 48.4 | 0 | 0 |