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Table 1 Number of tablets of ivermectin to be administered according to either weight or tablet pole, by age

From:  Use of a “tablet pole” for the administration of ivermectin for strongyloidiasis in a field study in Ecuador

Age, years

Number of children

Median weight (IQR)

Number of tablets calculated by weight: n (%)

Number of tablets calculated by pole: n (%)

4

13

18.0 (15.0‒19.0)

1: 13 (100)

1: 13 (100)

5

72

19.0 (17.0‒20.0)

1: 64 (88.9)

2: 8 (11.1)

1: 62 (86.1)

2: 10 (13.9)

6

83

21.0 (19.0‒23.0)

1: 55 (66.3)

2: 27 (32.5)

3: 1 (1.2)

1: 54 (65.1)

2: 28 (33.7)

3: 1 (1.2)

7

73

24.0 (20.0‒25.3)

1: 32 (43.8)

2: 40 (54.8)

3: 1 (1.4)

1: 24 (32.9)

2: 47 (64.4)

3:2 (2.7)

8

79

26.0 (24.0‒30.0)

1: 10 (12.7)

2: 63 (79.7)

3: 5 (6.3)

4: 1 (1.3)

1: 8 (10.1)

2: 69 (87.4)

3: 2 (2.5)

4: 0

9

118

29.0 (26.0‒35.0)

1: 6 (5.1)

2: 91 (77.1)

3: 18 (15.3)

4: 3 (2.5)

1: 5 (4.2)

2: 81 (68.7)

3: 30 (25.5)

4: 2 (1.6)

10

124

32.0 (28.0‒36.0)

1: 2 (1.6)

2: 95 (76.6)

3: 20 (16.2)

4: 7 (5.6)

1: 0

2: 80 (64.5)

3: 42 (33.9)

4: 2 (1.6)

11

115

37.0 (31.2‒43.4)

1: 2 (1.7)

2: 62 (53.9)

3: 44 (38.3)

4: 7 (6.1)

1: 0

2: 36 (31.3)

3: 72 (62.6)

4: 7 (6.1)

12

97

40.0 (34.7‒46.0)

2: 36 (37.1)

3: 48 (49.5)

4: 11 (11.4)

5: 1 (1.0)

6: 1 (1.0)

2: 13 (13.4)

3: 73 (75.3)

4: 11 (11.3)

5: 0

6: 0

13

4

34.5 (32.8‒42.0)

2: 3 (75.0)

3: 1 (25.0)

4: 0

2: 2 (50.0)

3: 1 (25.0)

4: 1 (25.0)