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. 2010 Nov 1;9:308. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-308

Table 2.

Crude and adjusted hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for factors related to P. vivax reappearance

Variables Reappearance
N (%)
Crude HR
(95% CI)
Adjusted HR*
(95% CI)
Treatment group
 DOT 3 (2.8) 1 1
 SAT 12 (11.2) 3.98 (1.12-14.09) 6.21 (1.39-27.79)
Age group
 3-7 years 6 (11.1) 1 1
 8-13 years 1 (2.6) 0.21 (0.03-1.72) 0.02 (0.0008-0.54)
 ≥14 years 8 (6.5) 0.60 (0.21-1.72) 0.62 (0.17-2.32)
Duration of fever pre-treatment
 0-2 days 11 (9.8) 1 1
 3+ days 4 (3.9) 0.38 (0.12-1.21) 0.16 (0.04-0.68)
Total primaquine dose/body weight
 ≥ 2.75 mg/kg 13 (6.1) 1 1
 < 2.75 mg/kg 2 (50.0) 8.39 (1.89-37.22) 10.45 (2.02-54.03)
Parasite count at Day0
 < 10000 /µl 8 (4.3) 1 1
 ≥ 10000 /µl 6 (20.0) 4.87 (1.69-14.04) 5.43 (1.59-18.54)
Multiplicity of P. vivax genotype infection 8 (4.7) 1 1
 Single 6 (15.8) 5.97 (2.07-17.23) 4.81 (1.53-15.16)
 Multiple
P. falciparum infection post-treatment for P. vivax
 No 13 (6.3) 1 1
 Yes 2 (22.2) 4.01 (0.90-17.77) 13.66 (1.36-137.64)
Gender
 Male 10 (7.7) 1 -
 Female 5 (5.8) 0.78 (0.27-2.28)
Presence of gametocyte
 No 10 (7.5) 1 -
 Yes 4 (4.9) 0.63 (0.19-2.01)
pvcs gene genotype
 VK210 12 (6.7) 1 -
 VK247 1 (6.3) 1.10 (0.14-8.49)
 VK210&VK247 1 (7.1) 1.06 (0.14-8.13)
G6PD mutation status
 Wild-type 12 (7.3) 1 -
 G6PD Mahidol Homozygote 0 -
 G6PD Mahidol Hemizygote 2 (10.0) 1.33 (0.30-5.93)
 G6PD Mahidol Heterozygote 1 (4.3) 0.62 (0.081-4.78)

*Adjusted for variables included in the multivariate Cox regression model