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Table 4 Gestational age and weight of infants at birth by exposure group

From: Safety of artemether-lumefantrine in pregnant women with malaria: results of a prospective cohort study in Zambia

 

Artemether-lumefantrine

(N = 466)

Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine

(N = 467)

Gestational age at delivery, determined by LMP

Number of observations

448

445

Mean/Median weeks

39.0/39.0

38.9/39.0

Distribution - n (%)

  

   ≤28 weeks

5 (1.1)

2 (0.4)

   >28 to <37 weeks

58 (12.4)

85 (18.2)

   ≥37 weeks

385 (82.6)

358 (76.7)

   Missing

18 (3.9)

22 (4.7)

Birth weight - g

   Number of observations

448

444

   Mean (SD)

3058.3 (515.96)

3039.2 (495.26)

   Median (Range)

3000 (900 - 4700)

3000 (1300 - 4500)

  1. Enrolled population: newborn infants.
  2. LMP = last menstrual period
  3. Patients with a missing birth weight or a missing gestational age were not taken into account in this Table.