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PCR = polymerase chain reaction<br />

PCV = packed cell volume<br />

WBC = white blood cells<br />

Appendix 5. Anaemia tables<br />

Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine vs Artesunate plus mefloquine<br />

Study ID Outcome measure and result Significance test<br />

Ashley 2003b THA Median decrease in haematocrit by day 7:<br />

DHA-P 6.3% (0% to 13.6%) vs AS+MQ<br />

9.4% (2.6% to 14.3%)<br />

Mean haematocrit weekly from day 0 to 63:<br />

Presented graphically<br />

Ashley 2004 THA Median change in haematocrit in each<br />

group, each week, from day 0 to 63: ’a decrease<br />

in haematocrit in both groups between<br />

days 0 and 7 followed by recovery<br />

in both groups’. Figures presented graphically.<br />

Janssens 2003 KHM Mean haematocrit at day 63: DHA-P<br />

40.0% vs AS+MQ 40.2%<br />

(No differences at baseline)<br />

Mayxay 2004 LAO Mean haematocrit following treatment<br />

(days 7 to 42): ’did not significantly differ<br />

between groups’. Figures not given.<br />

Smithuis 2004 MMR Mean haemoglobin at day 28 (supervized<br />

treatment): DHA-P 10.4g/dl vs AS+MQ<br />

10.5g/dl<br />

Proportion anaemic (Hb < 10g/dl) on<br />

day 28 (superviZed treatment): DHA-P<br />

56/152 vs AS+MQ 59/156<br />

(no differences at baseline)<br />

Artesunate plus mefloquine vs Artemether-lumefantrine<br />

P = 0.21<br />

Not reported<br />

Not reported<br />

Not significant P > 0.05<br />

P = 0.65<br />

P = 0.85<br />

Study ID Outcome measure and result Significance test between groups<br />

<strong>Artemisinin</strong>-<strong>based</strong> <strong>combination</strong> <strong>therapy</strong> <strong>for</strong> treating uncomplicated malaria (Review)<br />

Copyright © 2009 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Cochrane</strong> Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<br />

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