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Table 1 Baseline, Year 1 and 2 Evaluation Characteristics, Clinical and Parasitological findings

From: Two-year evaluation of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Children (IPTc) combined with timely home treatment for malaria control in Ghana

Variables

Baseline (N = 174)

Evaluation Year 1 (N = 357)

Evaluation Year 2 (N = 365)

Mean age in months (±std.)

30.5 (16.5) months

37.7 (15.8) months

38.19 (15.7) months

Sex (% of female)

52.3

47.0

50.1

Weight: Mean (±std.)

12.3 (3.5)

13.8 (3.5)

12.2 (3.3)

Haemoglobin < 10 g/dl (%) ***

48 (27.6)

60 (16.8)

53 (15.7)

Number (%) febrile ≥ 37.5°C **

24 (13.8)

8 (2.2)

8 (2.1)

Parasite positive number (%) **

44 (25.3%)

10 (3.0)

3 (1.0)

  1. ±std. = standard deviation
  2. ** P = 0.000 and *** P = 0.003 (trend analysis)