| Africa | Asia | ||||
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% (Number with moderately severe anaemia/Na) | AOR (95% CI) | P value | % (Number with moderately severe anaemia/Na) | AOR (95% CI) | P value | |
Moderately severe anaemia on day 3 | ||||||
 Clearance between day 0 and day 1 | 6.5% (221/3410) | Reference |  | 4.4% (39/889) | Reference |  |
 Clearance between day 1 and day 2 | 11.0% (473/4299) | 1.52 (1.20–1.92) | 0.001 | 6.5% (41/628) | 1.16 (0.57–2.36) | 0.685 |
 Clearance between day 2 and day 3 | 15.0% (94/626) | 2.26 (1.55–3.29) | < 0.001 | 6.3% (16/254) | 2.04 (0.76–5.47) | 0.156 |
 Clearance after day 3 | 11.5% (9/78) | 2.04 (0.82–5.09) | 0.126 | 2.5% (5/197) | 0.67 (0.06–7.08) | 0.742 |
Moderately severe anaemia on day 7 | ||||||
 Clearance between day 0 and day 1 | 4.8% (243/5106) | Reference |  | 1.6% (52/3177) | Reference |  |
 Clearance between day 1 and day 2 | 6.1% (417/6834) | 1.02 (0.76–1.35) | 0.916 | 2.7% (100/3759) | 1.32 (0.87–2.01) | 0.187 |
 Clearance between day 2 and day 3 | 8.4% (99/1182) | 1.28 (0.88–1.85) | 0.199 | 2.8% (26/938) | 1.57 (0.92–2.68) | 0.102 |
 Clearance after day 3 | 12.4% (44/354) | 2.44 (1.59–3.75) | < 0.001 | 2.9% (10/346) | 2.59 (1.20–5.58) | 0.015 |