Table 5.

Results for AQSP and the WHO-recommended ACT medicines

Rank probabilities
Treatments	Odds ratios	95% CrI	Rank 1	Rank 2	Rank 3
AL	–	–	0	10−5	10−4
AQSP	0.87	0.50–1.51	0.0004	10−4	0.005
ASAQ	1.12	0.82–1.54	0.00	10−4	0.007
ASMQ	1.20	0.52–2.80	0.0016	0.05	0.08
ASSP	1.35	0.71–2.58	0.01	0.05	0.10
DHAP	1.92	1.29–2.83	0.04	0.20	0.30

A total of 76 studies were analysed using the random effect model 2 under the hypothesis of consistency. Treatments were numbered as the first six combinations. Posterior distributions of odds ratio and 95% credible intervals (CrI) were extracted. AL was the comparator. Posterior rank probabilities are given for ranks 1, 2 and 3. In this model, DHAP was shown to be the most efficacious among the combination therapies