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Table 2 Antenatal care visit attendance and IPTp-SP usage of parturient women (N = 287)

From: Antenatal care visit attendance, intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy (IPTp) and malaria parasitaemia at delivery

Characteristics

% (n)

ANC visit at least once

96.5 (277)

ANC visit at least twice

94.2 (261)

ANC visit at least thrice

84.1 (233)

≥ 4 ANC visits

71.8 (199)

Median No. of ANC visits (quartiles)

5 (3–6)

Non-ANC attendance

3.5 (10)

First ANC visit; Median GA (range)

 

1st trimester

2.2 (06)

12 (8–12)

2nd trimester

59.7 (160)

21 (14–25)

3rd trimester

38.1 (102)

29 (26–37)

IPTp-SP usage

90.5 (258/285)

SP dosage

 

Two or more

53.1 (136)

One

46.9 (120)

No IPTp-SP

9.5 (27)

Trimester of 1 st SP dose

 

1st trimester

0.8 (2)

2nd trimester

59.8 (150)

3rd trimester

39.4 (99)

  1. GA = Gestational age (weeks).