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Table 1 Basic data at first dose of IPTi

From: Therapeutic and prophylactic effect of intermittent preventive anti-malarial treatment in infants (IPTi) from Ghana and Gabon

	Kumasi cohort		Lambaréné cohort
	SP	Placebo	SP	Placebo
Participants, n	535	535	504	507
Age, mean days (sd)	90 (± 12)	89 (± 11)	96 (± 14)	97 (± 14)
Hb, mean g/dL (sd)	10.4 (± 1.4)^a	10.3 (± 1.3)^b	10.0 (± 1.2)^c	9.8 (± 1.3)^d
Anaemia^e, %	2.1^a	2.1^b	0.9^c	2.2^d
Parasitaemia, geomean/μl^f	681	779	790	1240

sd, standard deviation, SP, sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine
^a n = 531
^b n = 534
^c n = 461
^d n = 458
^e Hb < 7.5 g/dL
^f in those parasitaemic

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