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Table 2 Clinical and parasitological evolution during follow up by treatment.

From: Safety and efficacy of lumefantrine-artemether (Coartem®) for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Zambian adults

 

Day 3

Day 7

Day 14

Day 28

 

SP

AL

P

SP

AL

P

SP

AL

P

SP

AL

P

N

430

451

 

405

436

 

384

406

 

290

320

 

Fever (%)

3.5

0.9

0.007

1.0

1.1

0.55

1.3

1.0

0.75

2.7

1.2

0.19

Parasitaemia

15.0

0.7

<0.001

2.0

0.0

NA

2,

0;5

0.009

5.5

1.2

0.003

Hemoglobin (mean)*(g/L)

-

-

 

-

-

 

124

129

0.003

130

134

0.02

Gametocyte carriage (N (%))

33 (7.6)

3 (0.7)

<0.001

88 (21.6)

2 (0.5)

<0.001

76 (19.8)

0 (0)

NA

10 (4.5)

1 (0,3)

0.004

Gametocyte densities (range)

48.6 (1–4320)

6.2 (1–240)

0.62

63.6 (1–4480)

8.9 (1–80)

0.51

52.8 (1–6960)

0(0)

NA

154.9 (3–840)

160

NA

N

430

448

 

400

428

 

382

401

 

303

329

 

Weakness (%)

46.3

20.5

<0.001

15.0

6.1

<0.001

7.1

3.7

0.04

5.9

3.0

0.08

Headache (%)

45.6

22.5

<0.001

18.0

12.2

0.02

10.7

8.5

0.28

11.5

10.3

0.62

Muscle joint pain (%)

20.3

8.2

<0.001

5.2

2.6

0.004

3.8

2.8

0.47

2.3

2.8

0.73

Dizziness (%)

20.0

10.8

<0.001

5.2

3.0

0.11

2.1

1.0

0.21

2.7

1.2

0.18

Nausea (%)

15.8

2.9

<0.001

1.3

0.0

NA

0.8

0.5

NA

0.7

0.6

NA

Vomiting (%)

5.8

0.7

<0.001

0.5

0.2

NA

0.5

0.5

NA

0.0

0.3

NA

Diarrhoea (%)

3.8

7.7

0.013

0,9

2.5

0.08

1.3

2.7

0.16

0.7

1.2

0.78

Abdominal pain (%)

16.7

9.2

<0.001

7.0

4.0

0.06

3.4

3.5

0.94

5.0

3.7

0.41

Hear palpitations (%)

9.8

5.1

0.008

5.5

4.2

0.38

5.8

8.0

0.61

4.6

7.3

0.88

Back ache (%)

10.9

8.9

0.32

7.0

7.7

0.53

5.8

8.0

0.22

4.6

7.3

0.15

  1. In bold P value < 0,05; Other symptoms had low frequency or were not significantly different at day 3. Fisher exact (2-tailed) used where indicated. No significant differences at day 45 (data not shown). NS = not significant/NA = not applicable. * Haemoglobine day 14 and day 45 (P value: Barlett's test)