. 2018 Jul 11;17:261. doi: 10.1186/s12936-018-2409-z

Table 3.

Parasite clearance within 72 h based blood smears collected after every 8 h

Item	Muheza—AL	Ujiji—AL	Muheza—DP	Ujiji—DP
Clearance rate constant (IQR) (/h)	0.23	0.25	0.22	0.28
Clearance rate constant (IQR) (/h)	(0.20, 0.28)	(0.21, 0.31)	(0.19, 0.27)	(0.23, 0.37)
Slope half-life (h)	2.96	2.75	3.09	2.51
Slope half-life (h)	(2.52, 3.52)	(2.22, 3.27)	(2.58, 3.64)	(1.85, 3.05)
P50 (h)^a	11.22	8.54	6.81	6.08
P50 (h)^a	(6.89, 14.00)	(5.37, 12.11)	(4.35, 10.60)	(3.77, 10.19)
P95 (h)^b	20.34	17.49	17.4	14.76
P95 (h)^b	(17.08, 23.43)	(14.30, 21.06)	(13.47, 20.43)	(12.36, 17.75)

^aEstimated time in hours for parasitaemia to decline by 50% of the initial values

^bEstimated time in hours for parasitaemia to decline by 95% of the initial values