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Table 8 Unadjusted mean head circumference (HC) in millimeters (mm) among live newborns born between April and November 2015, and differences in mean HC by available variables

From: Scaling-up the use of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: results and lessons on scalability, costs and programme impact from three local government areas in Sokoto State, Nigeria

 

n

Mean HC in mm

SD

Pr > |t|

Sex of infant

 Female

3235

353.90

22.17

<0.001

 Male (ref)

3477

356.30

22.76

 

Intervention

 Yes

4583

356.20

23.88

<0.001

 No (ref)

2137

352.70

19.07

 

SP dosage

 0

2258

353.63

23.51

<0.0001

 1

871

355.39

23.14

0.10

 2

1682

354.90

21.37

0.01

 3+ (ref)

1909

356.93

21.89

 

Primigravida

 Yes

1225

354.30

22.57

0.18

 No (ref)

5486

355.30

22.51

 

At least 1 ANC visit

 Yes

3805

356.00

20.19

0.00

 No (ref)

2915

354.00

25.20

 

Month of birth

 April

755

360.50

22.89

<0.0001

 May

887

355.49

20.92

0.54

 June

838

353.06

20.86

0.11

 July

766

354.53

23.78

0.79

 August

809

354.31

22.61

0.64

 September

860

352.98

26.17

0.09

 October

959

355.63

20.88

0.45

 November (ref)

846

354.83

21.14

 

Gestational age at delivery (months)

 8

18

342.50

26.44

0.00

 9

6588

355.06

22.57

0.01

 10 (ref)

113

360.26

17.29

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