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Table 5 Most frequent adverse events after 28 days of treatment

From: Efficacy of artemether–lumefantrine and dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Papua New Guinea

Adverse events

AL

DHA-PPQ

P-value*

(N = 157)

(N = 187)

Patients with at least one adverse event

87 (55.4)

112 (59.9)

0.443

Abdominal pain

17 (10.8)

10 (5.3)

0.071

Chills

12 (7.6)

15 (8.0)

1.0

Cough

60 (38.2)

71 (38.0)

1.0

Diarrhoea

11 (7.0)

8 (4.3)

0.345

Headache

16 (10.2)

35 (18.7)

0.033

Vomit

4 (2.5)

6 (3.2)

0.760

Ear pain

3 (1.9)

2 (1.1)

0.663

Running nose

19 (12.1)

41 (21.9)

0.022

Skin rash

1 (0.6)

2 (1.1)

1.0

Shortness of breath

1 (0.6)

2 (1.1)

1.0

Fits

1 (0.6)

2 (1.1)

1.0

Stiff neck

1 (0.6)

1 (0.5)

1.0

  1. Values are presented n (%)
  2. * Fisher’s exact test