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Table 2 Weight as a function of sex and disease status

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

Age groups (years)

Total N

Weight (kg), median (IQR)

Male–female

Male

Female

< 1a

1063 (537–526)

8 (7.3–8.6)

7.5 (6.9–8)

1–5

10,283 (5256–5027)

12 (10.2–13.9)

11.5 (9.9–13.2)

6–14

4690 (2503–2187)

23 (19–29)

23 (18–30)

≥ 15

37,085 (8092–28,993)

53.4 (49–59)

50 (45–56.6)

 

Healthy-malariab

Healthy

Malariab

< 1

1063 (1037–26)

7.7 (7–8.4)

7.7 (7–8)

1–5

10,295 (9613–682)

11.9 (10–13.6)

11.5 (10–13)

6–14

4721 (3195–1526)

23 (18.1–29)

24 (19–30)

≥ 15

37,374 (32,104–5270)

50.5 (45.2–57)

53 (48–58)

  1. aAge 6 to 11 months
  2. bMalaria and miscellaneous infections