Impact of using artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria from Plasmodium falciparum in a non-endemic zone

Table 2 Linear regression model

	Coefficient		Typified coefficient
	B	Typical error	Beta	Significance
Treatment with quinine/atovaquone–proguanil or ACT	−1.349	0.293	−0.409	<0.001
Hb on admission	0.314	0.097	0.284	<0.01
Platelets on admission	−0.007	0.002	−0.258	<0.01
Average parasitaemia	−0.009	0.319	−0.003	0.98
High parasitaemia	1.083	0.449	0.225	0.02

ACT artemisinin-based combination therapy
R² = 0.404 (p < 0.001). The model we have constructed explains 40.4 % of the variability in the average hospital stay. The variables that influence the average stay are the type of treatment, Hb, platelets and having elevated parasitaemia. The variable with the greatest power of association is the treatment type, which has a typified coefficient of 0.409. For the same level of Hb, platelets or parasitaemia, the use of ACT results in almost 1 day less of hospitalization (−1.35 days)

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