Nutritional indicator % (Number) % (Number) OR* (95% IC)* p
Severe Acute malnutrition (SAM) Yes (n=58) NO (n=356)     0.002
Late Clinical Failure (LCF) 5.2 (3) 18.5 (66) 0.30 (0.09 – 0.1.01)  
Late Parasitological Failure (LPF) 3.4 (2) 8.4 (30) 0.47 (0.11 – 2.08)  
Total Failure (TF) 8.6 (5) 27.9 (96) 0.32 (0.12 – 0.84)  
Adequate Clinical and Parasitological Response (ACPR) 91.4 (53) 73.0 (260) 3.15 (1.19– 8.30)  
MUAC < 125 mm (n=74) ≥ 125 mm (n=340)     0.033
Late Clinical Failure (LCF) 6.8 (5) 18.8 (64) 0.35 (0.13 – 0.91)  
Late Parasitological Failure (LPF) 6.8 (5) 7.9 (27) 0.94 (0.35 – 2.55)  
Total Failure (TF) 13.5 (10) 26.8 (91) 0.48 (0.23 – 0.98)  
Adequate Clinical and Parasitological Response (ACPR) 86.5 (64) 73.2 (249) 2.10 (1.02 – 4.34)  
Serum albumin <23 g/L (n=38) ≥ 23 g/L (n=375)     0.22
Late Clinical Failure (LCF) 10.5 (4) 17.3 (65) 0.78 (0.26 – 2.37)  
Late Parasitological Failure (LPF) 5.3 (2) 8.0 (30) 0.84 (0.19 – 3.76)  
Total Failure (TF) 15.8 (6) 25.3 (95) 0.78 (0.30 – 2.01)  
Adequate Clinical and Parasitological Response (ACPR) 84.2 (32) 74.7 (280) 1.29 (0.50 – 3.31)  
HAZ < -2 (n=290) >= -2 (n=124)     0.78
Late Clinical Failure (LCF) 17.2 (50) 15.3 (19) 1.25 (0.70 – 2.24)  
Late Parasitological Failure (LPF) 7.2 (21) 8.9 (11) 0.85 (0.40 – 1.83)  
Total Failure (TF) 24.5 (71) 24.2 (30) 1.11 (0.67 – 1.82)  
Adequate Clinical and Parasitological Response (ACPR) 75.5 (219) 75.8 (94) 0.90 (0.55 – 1.49)  
*Ajust for malaria parasitemia with 26 600/μL as threshold.
Table 3: Therapeutic responses to AS+AQ by nutritional indicators status in under five children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria in eastern DRC, between march 2007 to December 2010.