Effect of training on the use of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets on the burden of malaria among vulnerable groups, south-west Ethiopia: baseline results of a cluster randomized trial

Table 7 Prevalence of malaria and anaemia in pregnant women (n = 242), Gilgel Gibe Field Research Centre

Variable	Intervention *Gots*	Control *Gots*	P-value
Mean age in years(SD)	26.1(SD ± 5.7)	26.4(SD ± 5.3)	0.76
Fever in the last two weeks, no (%)			0.02
No	88(67.2)	90(81.1)
Yes	43(32.8))	21(18.9)
Parasitaemia, no (%)			0.9
No	123(93.9)	103(92.8)
Yes	8(6.1)	8(7.2)
Anaemia, no (%)			0. 36
No	91(70.0)	71(64.0)
Moderate	38(29.2)	40(36.0)
Severe	1(0.8)	0(0.0)
Malaria anaemia			0.8
Yes	4(3.1)	5(4.5)
No	127(96.9)	106(95.5)

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