Table 1. Baseline demographics of the study population.
| No PQ | Low dose PQ | High dose PQ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 4,872 | N = 2,065 | N = 19,279 | ||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Initial Species | ||||||
| Pure P. vivax | 3,658 | 75.1 | 1,458 | 70.6 | 13,245 | 68.7 |
| Mixed P.vivax/P.falciparum | 1,214 | 24.9 | 607 | 29.4 | 6,034 | 31.3 |
| Age | ||||||
| 1 to <5years | 1,161 | 23.8 | 149 | 7.2 | 3,887 | 20.2 |
| 5 to <15years | 831 | 17.1 | 334 | 16.2 | 3,479 | 18.0 |
| ≥15years | 2,880 | 59.1 | 1,582 | 76.6 | 11,913 | 61.8 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 2,484 | 51.0 | 1,170 | 56.7 | 8,823 | 45.8 |
| Male | 2,388 | 49.0 | 895 | 43.3 | 10,456 | 54.2 |
| Ethnic Group | ||||||
| Non-Papuan | 847 | 17.4 | 349 | 16.9 | 2,915 | 15.1 |
| Highland | 3,627 | 74.5 | 1,558 | 75.6 | 14,683 | 76.3 |
| Lowland | 394 | 8.1 | 155 | 7.5 | 1,658 | 8.6 |
| Year | ||||||
| 2005 | 37 | 0.8 | 30 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | 205 | 4.2 | 561 | 27.2 | 1,110 | 5.8 |
| 2007 | 2,278 | 46.6 | 189 | 9.2 | 905 | 4.7 |
| 2008 | 712 | 14.6 | 162 | 7.8 | 1,958 | 10.2 |
| 2009 | 646 | 13.3 | 175 | 8.5 | 2,406 | 12.5 |
| 2010 | 141 | 2.9 | 174 | 8.4 | 3,086 | 16.0 |
| 2011 | 119 | 2.4 | 180 | 8.7 | 3,294 | 17.1 |
| 2012 | 196 | 4.0 | 276 | 13.4 | 3,479 | 18.0 |
| 2013 | 538 | 11.0 | 318 | 15.4 | 3,039 | 15.8 |
| Initial admission status | ||||||
| Inpatients | 790 | 16.2 | 323 | 15.6 | 1,677 | 8.7 |
| Outpatient | 4,083 | 83.8 | 1,742 | 84.4 | 17,602 | 91.3 |
| Initial anaemia (Haemoglobin<10g/dl) present | N = 1,728 | N = 811 | N = 6,425 | |||
| Yes | 740 | 42.8 | 417 | 51.4 | 3,786 | 58.9 |
| No | 988 | 57.2 | 394 | 48.6 | 2,639 | 41.1 |
Abbreviations: PQ = primaquine