Table 3

Treatment failures by Day 28 (adjusted by genotyping), stratified by age group

Treatment groups
No. of treatment failure/Total of Patients (%) [95% CI]



Age groups
Significance level P*



0.5 – 4 years
≥ 5 years


CQ
69/131 (52.6) [44.1–61.1]
63/169 (37.3) [30.2–44.7]
0.01
SP
8/171 (4.7) [2.2–8.7]
3/190 (1.6) [0.4–4.2]
0.57
AQ
4/174 (2.3) [0.7–5.5]
2/182 (1.1) [0.2–3.6]
0.64
ASAQ
4/161 (2.8) [0.8–5.9]
2/169 (1.2) [0.2–3.9]
0.51

CQ: Chloroquine; AQ: Amodiaquine; ASAQ: Artesunate + Amodiaquine; SP: Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine.

CI: Confidence Interval

Chi-square test for the comparison of two proportions

Ménard et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:55   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-55

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