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Table 4 Baseline haemoglobin concentrations in g/dL in patients of both sexes with acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria enrolled in trials in several African countries

From: Single low-dose primaquine for blocking transmission of Plasmodium falciparum malaria – a proposed model-derived age-based regimen for sub-Saharan Africa

Age (years)

1st

5th

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

95th

99th

No.

0.5 to <1

4.8

5.5

6.0

6.9

8.2

9.7

10.7

11.7

12.8

1693

1

4.8

5.9

6.4

7.4

8.9

10.2

11.5

12.1

13.6

3247

2

4.8

5.9

6.7

7.8

9.4

10.7

11.7

12.7

14.0

2262

3

5.0

6.1

7.1

8.6

9.9

11.2

12.4

12.8

14.2

1838

4

5.0

6.3

7.3

8.9

10.2

11.5

12.5

13.2

14.3

1528

5

5.5

7.1

7.5

9.1

10.5

11.8

12.8

13.3

14.1

602

6

5.5

7.1

7.6

9.0

10.3

11.6

12.6

13

14.3

429

7

5.0

7.1

7.8

9.3

10.6

11.9

13.0

13.8

15.1

357

8

5.1

6.8

7.7

9.4

10.9

12.1

13.2

14.0

15.5

297

9

6.3

7.5

8.6

9.7

11.0

12.5

13.2

13.6

14.8

232

10

6.7

7.7

8.9

10.1

11.3

12.7

13.8

14.2

15.1

227

11

6.8

7.4

8.9

10

11.6

12.7

14.0

14.8

15.5

133

12

6.4

8.2

9.4

10.5

11.6

12.9

14.0

14.8

15.8

100

13

6.5

7.8

8.5

10.1

11.5

12.6

14.0

15.1

15.4

57

14

7.1

7.9

9.2

10.4

11.6

12.8

13.7

14.3

15.5

62

15

7.8

8.0

9.0

9.7

11.1

12.5

14.4

15.2

15.6

33

16

8.0

8.4

9.2

10.5

12.0

13.5

14.7

16.1

17.3

33

17

7.8

7.8

8.6

10.2

12.0

13.6

15.8

15.9

16.1

24

≥18

6.7

8.2

9.1

10.9

12.3

13.9

15.1

16

17.3

574