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Table 1 Demographic characteristics

From: Artemether-lumefantrine efficacy among adults on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi

 

Overall

Ndirande

Zomba

Number of participants

186

97

89

Study arm

 CQ, N(%)

16 (8.6)

11 (11.3)

5 (5.6)

 TS, N(%)

25 (13.4)

15 (15.5)

10 (11.2)

 No prophylaxis, N(%)

145 (78.0)

71 (73.2)

74 (83.2)

 Follow up time, days, median (IQR)

924 (756, 1,596)

1,596 (1,315, 1,833)

756 (686, 840)

 Age (years), mean (SD)

42.0 (9.9)

40.3 (9.6)

43.7 (9.9)

Sex

 Female, N(%)

147 (79.0)

78 (80.4)

69 (77.5)

 BMI (kg/m2)

 Underweight (< 18.5)

15 (8.1)

6 (6.2)

9 (10.1)

 Healthy weight (18.5–24.9)

142 (76.3)

69 (71.1)

73 (82.0)

 Overweight (25–29.9)

22 (11.8)

16 (16.5)

6 (6.7)

 Obese (30 or greater)

7 (3.8)

6 (6.2)

1 (1.1)

ART regimen (7 missing)

 With EFV, N(%)

142 (79.3)

70 (72.2)

72 (87.8)

 Non EFV, N(%)

37 (20.7)

27 (27.8)

10 (12.2)

Bed net use

 Never, N(%)

51 (27.4)

26 (26.8)

25(28.1)

 Last night, N(%)

133 (71.5)

69 (71.1)

64 (71.9)

 Number of Clinical Malaria Episodes,  mean (range)

2.4 (1, 14)

1.4 (1, 5)

3.5 (1, 14)

 Parasite density on day 0 of malaria episode, geometric mean (95% CI)

3394 (2828, 4073)

3278 (2322, 4629)

3450 (2783, 4278)