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Table 3 Correlations between parasite parameters and haemoglobin variables in P. falciparum and P. vivax in those who did not recrudesce

From: Haematological response in experimental human Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria

Correlation

Pf3D7 (n = 170)

P. vivax (n = 39)

 

r-value

Unadjusted P-value a

Adjusted P-value b

r-value

Unadjusted P-value a

Adjusted P-value c

PPPre and Haemoglobin nadir

0.06

0.44

0.82

− 0.47

0.002

0.001

PPPre and Fractional Fall of Haemoglobin

− 0.05

0.49

0.43

0.32

0.045

0.041

TPBPre and Haemoglobin nadir

0.07

0.39

0.99

− 0.57

0.0001

0.002

TPBPre and Fractional Fall of Haemoglobin

− 0.01

0.89

0.78

0.39

0.013

0.040

  1. n number of participants, TPBPre pre-treatment total parasite burden, PPPre Pre-treatment peak parasitaemia
  2. aPearson’s correlation (with PPPre and TBP log10 transformed); badjusted for drugs by including drug as an explanatory variable in a linear regression model; cadjusted for drugs and by day of treatment by including drug and day of treatment as explanatory variables in a linear regression model