Effectiveness and safety of artesunate–amodiaquine versus artemether–lumefantrine for home-based treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria among children 6–120 months in Yaoundé, Cameroon: a randomized trial

Table 5 Proportion of study participants with fever, parasitemia and adherence on D3 of study

Characteristic/category	AS-AQ (%)	AL (%)	P-value*
	n = 101	n = 115
Proportion of fever on D3
Yes	8 (7.9)	16 (13.9)	0.162
No	93 (92.1)	99 (86.1)
Proportion of parasitemia on day 3
Yes	31 (30.7)	30 (26.1)	0.453
No	70 (69.3)	85 (73.9)
Adherence to treatment guideline
Yes	100 (99.0)	115 (99.1)	1.000
No	1 (1.0)	1 (0.9)

n Sample size, *Determined using Pearson chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables, Only participants who came for the day 3 visit post-treatment were included in the analyses, Participants were excluded from analyses if they vomited the study drug more than once, violated enrollment criteria, were lost-to-follow-up or withdrew from the study before day 3

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