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Table 1 Summary of anthropometric weight-for-age data in the Greater Mekong Subregion

From: Development of weight and age-based dosing of daily primaquine for radical cure of vivax malaria

Characteristics, n (%)

Totala (N = 53,467)

Male (n = 16,388)

Female (n = 36,733)

Country

 Cambodia

29,867 (55.9)

10,334 (63.1)

19,189 (52.2)

 Myanmar

18,577 (34.7)

3117 (19.0)

15,460 (42.1)

 Vietnam

3412 (6.4)

2107 (12.9)

1303 (3.6)

 Laos

1611 (3.0)

830 (5.1)

781 (2.1)

Age groups (years), median (IQR)

[range]

23 (9–35)

[0.5–89]

14 (4–28)

[0.5–83]

26 (16–37)

[0.5–89]

 < 1b

1063 (2.0)

537 (3.3)

526 (1.4)

 1–5

10,296 (19.3)

5256 (32.1)

5027 (13.7)

 6–14

4722 (8.8)

2503 (15.3)

2187 (6.0)

 ≥ 15

37,386 (69.9)

8092 (49.4)

28,993 (78.9)

Weight (kg), median (IQR) [range]

46.3 (21.5–54.1)

[5.0–86.0]

36.0 (13.2–53.0)

[5.1–86.0]

47.2 (39.0–54.5)

[5.0–82.9]

 > 70 kg

1320 (2.5)

229 (1.4)

1086 (3.0)

 > 75 kg

499 (0.9)

69 (0.4)

428 (1.2)

Health status

 Healthy

45,949 (86.0)

10,988 (67.1)

34,941 (95.1)

 Malaria

6244 (11.7)

4981 (30.4)

1245 (3.4)

 Other infections

1247 (2.3)

393 (2.4)

546 (1.5)

 No diagnosis

13 (< 0.1)

13 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

  1. aSex at birth undocumented in 346 individuals
  2. bAge 6 to 11 months