Characteristic | Single course of CQ and SP treatment (nā=ā304) | Three courses of SP and AZ treatment (nā=ā277) | P-value |
---|---|---|---|
Age, years | 24.0 (21.0ā28.0) | 24.0 (21.0ā28.0) | 0.2 |
Weight at enrolment, kg | 55.0 (50.0ā59.0) | 53.0 (49.0ā59.0) | 0.6 |
MUAC at enrolment, cm | 23.0 (22.0ā25.0) | 23.0 (22.0ā25.0) | 0.5 |
Gravidity | Ā | Ā | 0.4 |
Gravida 1, n (%) | 108 (35.5) | 92 (33.2) | |
Gravida 2, n (%) | 91 (29.9) | 88 (31.8) | |
Gravida 3, n (%) | 105 (34.5) | 97 (35.0) | |
Overall Bed net use | Ā | Ā | 0.4 |
No, n (%) | 2 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
Intermittent, n (%) | 89 (29.3) | 82 (29.6) | |
Regular, n (%) | 213 (70.1) | 195 (70.4) | |
Ethnicity | Ā | Ā | 0.5 |
Madang/Morobe | 194 (63.8) | 193 (69.7) | |
Sepik | 57 (18.8) | 41 (14.8) | |
Highland | 26 (8.6) | 19 (6.9) | |
Others | 27 (8.9) | 24 (8.7) | |
Residence | Ā | Ā | 0.9 |
Urban | 51 (16.8) | 44 (16.0) | |
Peri-urban | 59 (19.5) | 50 (18.1) | |
Rural | 181 (59.7) | 170 (61.8) | |
Migrant | 12 (4.0) | 11 (4.0) | |
Light microscopy (P. falciparum) | Ā | Ā | Ā |
Enrolment (peripheral blood) | 20 (6.6) | 15 (5.4) | 0.5 |
Delivery (peripheral blood) | 7 (2.3) | 5 (1.8) | 0.7 |
Delivery (placental blood) | 7 (2.3) | 4 (1.4) | 0.2 |
qPCR (P. falciparum) | Ā | Ā | Ā |
Enrolment (peripheral blood) | 31 (10.2) | 24 (8.7) | 0.8 |
Delivery (peripheral blood) | 14 (4.6) | 8 (2.9) | 0.1 |
Delivery (placental blood) | 7 (2.3) | 1 (0.3) | 0.1 |
Placental histology | Ā | Ā | 0.1 |
Uninfected | 171 (81.8) | 170 (81.0) | |
Infecteda | 38 (18.2) | 40 (19.1) |