Table 3.

Comparison of admission and outcome variables by primary drug treatment

VariableQuinineArtesunate or DHAP
No. 13 — 
Admission hematocrit, %3-150 37.5 (31.0-44.0) 41.5 (37.8-45.3) .2  
Admission parasitemia/μL3-152,3-153 288 536 (119 647-695 825) 280 673 (158 307-497 508) .9  
Admission reticulocyte count/μL3-150,3-153 46 849 (8354-85 344) 56 559 (33 706-79 411) .6  
Admission RESA-RBC/μL3-152,3-153 16 338 (9629-27 714) 11 609 (7490-17 993) .3  
Admission parasitemia:RESA-RBC ratio3-151 21:1 (3:1-140:1) 30:1 (1:1-179:1) .8 
Parasite clearance time, hr3-151 84 (60-108) 60 (30-102) .07  
PRR0-24 hr3-151 10 (2-17) 16 (1-1335) .18  
Peak reticulocyte count/μL3-150,3-153 226 044 (142 341-309 748) 222 312 (144 033-300 591) .9  
Peak RESA-RBC count/μL3-151,3-152 55 157 (39 710-76 630) 73 097 (46 121-115 824) .3  
Time to peak RESA-RBC count, hr3-151 48 (6-303) 45 (2-548) .9  
Mean RESA-RBC life, hr3-152 282 (181-440) 145 (102-205) .02 
Mean red cell life, hr3-150 1062 (700-1425) 1006 (752-1261) .8  
RESA-RBC MRT, hr3-150 286 (236-337) 281 (204-357) .9  
No. with RESA antibodies detected .6  
RESA-RBC:red cell mean life ratio3-151 0.29:1.0 (0.11:1.0-0.65:1.0) 0.16:1.0 (0.05:1.0-0.29:1.0) .09  
Fractional RESA-RBC increment, 24 hr3-151 0.4 (−0.2-5.4) 1.9 (0.1-9.2) .04 
Fractional RESA-RBC increment, peak3-151 2.1 (0.3-5.6) 5.0 (0.4-17.0) .18 
VariableQuinineArtesunate or DHAP
No. 13 — 
Admission hematocrit, %3-150 37.5 (31.0-44.0) 41.5 (37.8-45.3) .2  
Admission parasitemia/μL3-152,3-153 288 536 (119 647-695 825) 280 673 (158 307-497 508) .9  
Admission reticulocyte count/μL3-150,3-153 46 849 (8354-85 344) 56 559 (33 706-79 411) .6  
Admission RESA-RBC/μL3-152,3-153 16 338 (9629-27 714) 11 609 (7490-17 993) .3  
Admission parasitemia:RESA-RBC ratio3-151 21:1 (3:1-140:1) 30:1 (1:1-179:1) .8 
Parasite clearance time, hr3-151 84 (60-108) 60 (30-102) .07  
PRR0-24 hr3-151 10 (2-17) 16 (1-1335) .18  
Peak reticulocyte count/μL3-150,3-153 226 044 (142 341-309 748) 222 312 (144 033-300 591) .9  
Peak RESA-RBC count/μL3-151,3-152 55 157 (39 710-76 630) 73 097 (46 121-115 824) .3  
Time to peak RESA-RBC count, hr3-151 48 (6-303) 45 (2-548) .9  
Mean RESA-RBC life, hr3-152 282 (181-440) 145 (102-205) .02 
Mean red cell life, hr3-150 1062 (700-1425) 1006 (752-1261) .8  
RESA-RBC MRT, hr3-150 286 (236-337) 281 (204-357) .9  
No. with RESA antibodies detected .6  
RESA-RBC:red cell mean life ratio3-151 0.29:1.0 (0.11:1.0-0.65:1.0) 0.16:1.0 (0.05:1.0-0.29:1.0) .09  
Fractional RESA-RBC increment, 24 hr3-151 0.4 (−0.2-5.4) 1.9 (0.1-9.2) .04 
Fractional RESA-RBC increment, peak3-151 2.1 (0.3-5.6) 5.0 (0.4-17.0) .18 

Abbreviations are explained in Table 2.

F3-150

Mean (95% CI).

F3-151

Median (range).

F3-152

Geometric mean (95% CI).

F3-153

See Table 1.

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