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) |