Table 2 Demographic, clinical and parasitological characteristics of study children at baseline and follow-up time points.
Baseline survey | Baseline survey | Follow-up survey | Follow-up survey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention (n = 542) | Control (n = 541) | Intervention (n = 496) | Control (n = 510) | |
Ethnicity (%) | ||||
Marka | 99 (18) | 312 (58) | 100 (20) | 305 (60) |
Bobo | 301 (56) | 116 (21) | 280 (56) | 96 (19) |
Peulh | 33 (6) | 35 (6) | 17 (3) | 35 (7) |
Mossi | 81 (15) | 51 (9) | 79 (16) | 44 (9) |
Samo | 18 (3) | 21 (4) | 13 (3) | 26 (5) |
Other | 10 (2) | 6 (1) | 7 (1) | 4 (1) |
Median age (months) | 31 | 30 | 35 | 35 |
Median age (range) | (5–56) | (4–56) | (5–60) | (5–60) |
Male/female | 285/257 | 266/275 | 238/258 | 267/243 |