Trial participants with a geo-coded residence (n) | 1943 |
Males (%) | 992 (51.1) |
Age at enrolment (months), mean (SD) | 19.2 (8.5) |
Serum ferritin (µg/L), geometric mean (SD) | 35.1 (3.65) |
Infection status | |
 C-reactive protein (mg/L), mean (SD) | 3.34 (4.96) |
 Parasite density (count/µL), geometric mean (SD) | 3003.0 (5.35) |
 Inflammation and/or parasitaemiaa, n (%) | 719 (37.0) |
 Inflammation without parasitaemiab, n (%) | 272 (14.0) |
 Parasitaemia with feverc, n (%) | 150 (7.72) |
 All parasitaemiad, n (%) | 447 (23.0) |
Anthropometric statuse | |
 Weight-for-length z-score, mean (SD) | −0.63 (0.97) |
 Length-for-age z-score, mean (SD) | −0.81 (1.21) |
Maternal educationf, n (%) | |
 None | 586 (33.5) |
 Any | 1166 (66.5) |
Household asset scoreg, n (%) | |
 Low | 866 (47.5) |
 High | 957 (52.5) |
Distance to the nearest health facility (km), mean (SD) | 2.57 (2.99) |