Table 4.

Predicted prevalence of anemia and its severity after 0.25 and 0.4 mg/kg primaquine

Population	Dosing regimen, mg/kg	No anemia (Hb > 11–13 g/dl), %	All anemia grades (Hb < 11–13 g/dl), %	Mild anemia (Hb 7–11 to 11–13 g/dl), %	Moderate anemia (Hb 7–8 to 7–11 g/dl), %	Severe anemia (Hb < 7–8 g/dl), %
All	0	57.0	43.0	18.3	22.0	2.73
	0.25	53.3	46.7	19.6	24.1	2.98
	0.40	51.0	49.0	20.1	25.7	3.14
G6PD normal	0	57.4	42.6	18.2	21.7	2.73
	0.25	54.1	45.9	19.3	23.7	2.95
	0.40	52.0	48.0	19.8	25.1	3.09
G6PD deficient	0	50.4	49.6	19.8	27.1	2.72
	0.25	40.5	59.5	24.2	31.9	3.43
	0.40	34.8	65.2	25.2	36.1	3.96

The definitions for anemia severity are dependent on age, sex and pregnancy status, and the complete definitions can be found in Additional file 1: Table S1