Table 4.

Factors associated with development of gametocytaemia on treatment in univariate analysis¹

	Gametocytes on treatment	No gametocytes on treatment	P
	N = 102 (15.6%)	N = 551 (84.4%)
Maximum parasitaemia measured (%), median (IQR)	1.0 (0.115-6.325)	0.4 (0.05-2.00)	0.0002*
Duration parasitaemia, days median (IQR)	5 (4-6)	3 (0.05-4)	<0.0001*
Thrombocytopenia proportion	85.3%	75.4%	0.030**
Anaemia proportion	63.7%	31.4%	<0.001**
Severe malaria, n (%)	60 (58.8)	260 (47.2)	0.017**

¹ 94 individuals who were gametocytaemic at presentation were excluded from this analysis.

* Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

** c² test.