Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients according to treatment arms with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections
Characteristics | P. falciparum (N = 274) | P. vivax (N = 70) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | DHA-PPQ | P-value | AL | DHA-PPQ | P-value | |
Males (%) | 48 | 52 | 0.74 | 40 | 60 | > 0.99 |
Mean age (years) | 6.5 | 8.2 | 0.04 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 0.53 |
Mean weight (kg) | 18.7 | 19.9 | 0.33 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 0.53 |
Mean MUAC (cm) | 17.2 | 17.5 | 0.48 | 16.5 | 16.5 | > 0.95 |
Parasite density/µL | ||||||
Median | 13,639 | 26718 | < 0.0001 | 2835 | 6302 | 0.07 |
Range | 1058–26,373 | 1133–261,992 | 831–157,339 | 305–86,666 | ||
Mean temperature (°C) | 37.8 | 37.5 | 0.08 | 37.7 | 36.9 | 0.009 |
Enlarge spleen (%) | 48.7 | 51.3 | 0.65 | 47.4 | 52.6 | 0.59 |
Mean Hb (g/dL) | 9.5 | 9.5 | >0.95 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 0.58 |