Malaria incidence and efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi)

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

Characteristic	Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine n = 535	Placebo n = 535	p†
Sex, no.
Male	264 (49.3%)	272 (50.8%)	0.63
Female	271 (50.7%)	263 (49.2%)
Age in weeks at recruitment, mean (SD)
Age at IPTi-1*	12.3 (± 1.7)	12.3 (± 1.6)	0.85
Use of bednets, no.
Yes	210 (39.3%)	201 (37.6%)
No	261 (48.8%)	263 (49.2%)	0.75
Missing data	64 (12.0%)	71 (13.3%)
P. falciparum parasitaemia at recruitment, no.
Positive	72 (13.5%)	86 (16.1%)
Negative	463 (86.5%)	448 (83.8%)	0.29
Missing data	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)

SD, standard deviation.
* Age at IPTi-1 is equal to age at time of recruitment.
† By Wilcoxon or χ² test, none of the parameters in both study arms was significantly different.

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