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Table 2 Results from Cox proportional hazard model analyses of time to parasite density less than 1000 per µl, adjusting for baseline parasite density, year and anti-malarial administered

From: Plasmodium falciparum clearance time in Malawian children with cerebral malaria: a retrospective cohort study

 

Year

Number of subjects

Hazard ratio

(95% CI) *

Hours to parasite reduction to < 1000 parasites/µl

median (95% CI)

All quinine years

2010–2013

  

30 (30,30)

Individual years

2010

118

0.34 (0.24, 0.48)

30 (30,36)

2011

68

0.46 (0.32, 0.68)

30 (24,30)

2012

38

0.29 (0.18, 0.47)

24 (18,36)

2013

35

0.57 (0.36, 0.90)

24 (18,30)

All artesunate years

2014–2019

  

18 (12,18)

Individual years

2014

53

1.00

18 (18,24)

2015

30

1.36 (0.86, 2.17)

18 (12,24)

2016

30

1.20 (0.76, 1.90)

12 (12,18)

2017

45

1.25 (0.82, 1.89)

18 (12,24)

2018

29

0.85 (0.53, 1.36)

18 (12,24)

2019

19

0.95 (0.55, 1.63)

15 (12,36)

  1. *All hazard ratio estimates are relative to reference year 2014, the first year of artesunate use in Malawi