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Table 4 Identified risk factors for the number of AS doses and the consequences of reinfection

From: Use of artesunate in the treatment of severe imported malaria in France: review of the effectiveness and real-life safety in two French university hospitals

Associated risk factors

Yes

No

P value

AS dose number (mean, SD)

Anemia, Hb < 10.5 g/dL

Hepatic disorders (transaminases elevation)

Creatinine level > 265 µmol/L

3.77 (1.60)

3.71 (1.15)

7.00 (1.41)

3.34 (1.37)

3.48 (1.55)

3.46 (1.41)

0.15

0.28

0.015

Reinfection (mean, SD)

Parasitemia

Severity criteria number

6.43 (6.93)

2.00 (1.26)

6.82 (6.53)

2.20 (1.37)

0.71

0.52