Table 2. Comparison of cure rates between treatment groups at 3 weeks and 8 weeks post-treatment.
Post-treatment follow-up | Treatment group | Cured N (%) |
Not cured N (%) | χ2 value | Odds ratio (95% CI of OR) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 weeks | PZQ alone | 277 (81.2) | 64 (18.8) | 5.991 | 1.74 (1.11–2.69) |
0.01 |
PZQ+DHP | 263 (88.3) | 35 (11.7) | ||||
8 weeks | PZQ alone | 218 (63.9) | 123 (36.1) | 25.584 | 2.55 (1.75–3.69) |
< 0.0001 |
PZQ+DHP | 244 (81.9) | 54 (18.1) |