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Table 1 Characteristics of enrolled patients

From: Lack of significant recovery of chloroquine sensitivity in Plasmodium falciparum parasites following discontinuance of chloroquine use in Papua New Guinea

Characteristics

2016 (N = 123)

2017 (N = 134)

2018 (N = 111)

Sampling clinics; n (%)

 Wirui urban

89 (72.4)

40 (29.9)

57 (51.4)

 Town

34 (27.6)

94 (70.1)

54 (49.6)

Age; n (%)

 0–4

2 (1.6)

5 (3.7)

3 (2.7)

 5–9

13 (10.6)

19 (14.2)

19 (17.1)

 10–19

43 (35)

55 (41)

44 (39.6)

 20–29

28 (22.8)

32 (23.9)

24 (21.6)

 30–39

15 (12.2)

9 (6.7)

8 (7.2)

 40–49

11 (8.9)

6 (4.5)

7 (6.3)

 50

9 (7.3)

7 (5.2)

5 (4.5)

 Unknown

2 (1.6)

1 (0.7)

1 (0.9)

 Average

23.9

19.8

20.5

Sex; n (%)

 Male

53 (43.1)

57 (42.5)

57 (51.4)

 Female

69 (56.1)

76 (56.7)

53 (47.7)

 Unknown

1 (0.8)

1 (0.8)

1 (0.9)

Pretreatment; n (%)

 Artemether

3 (2.4)

4 (3.0)

5 (4.5)

 Artemether + lumefantrine

0 (0)

2 (1.5)

1 (0.9)

 Artemether + lumefantrine + primaquine

0 (0)

1 (0.8)

0 (0)

 Chloroquine

2 (1.6)

5 (3.7)

3 (2.7)

 Primaquine

1 (0.8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Parasitemia; (%)

 Median (IQR)

0.14% (0.02%, 0.52%)

0.33% (0.1%, 0.88%)

0.12% (0.1%, 0.57%)

MOI; n

 1

98

113

ND

 2

13

9

ND

 3

1

0

ND

 Mean

1.13

1.07

ND

  1. IQR interquartile range, ND not determined