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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants (N = 92)

From: Efficacy of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy, Mansa, Zambia

Characteristic

n (%)

Median age (intraquartile [IQR] range)

20 years (18–22 years)

Median gestational age (IQR range)

22 weeks (20–24 weeks)

Median parasitaemia (IQR range)

25 parasites/microlitre (10–56 parasites/microlitre)

Primigravid

47 (58%)

Married

68 (83%)

Educational level (less than 6 years schooling)

23 (66%)

Indoor residual spraying done within last year

36 (45%)

Slept under an insecticide treated net last night

20 (24%)