Table 1 Comparison of demographic and baseline characteristics of study women
Variable | SP-IPTp | ISTp-AL | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 229) | (N = 230) | (N = 459) | ||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Age (years) | ||||||
≤ 25 | 58 | 25.3 | 76 | 33 | 135 | 29.4 |
26–30 | 103 | 45 | 86 | 37.4 | 189 | 41.0 |
≥ 31 | 68 | 29.7 | 68 | 29.6 | 136 | 29.6 |
Mean (SD) | 28.4 | (4.6) | 27.9 | (5.4) | 28.2 | (5.0) |
Median (IQR) | 28 | (6) | 28 | (7) | 28 | (6) |
Educational attainment | ||||||
Primary | 7 | 3.1 | 6 | 2.6 | 13 | 2.8 |
Secondary | 96 | 41.9 | 99 | 43 | 195 | 42.5 |
Tertiary | 126 | 55 | 125 | 54.4 | 251 | 54.7 |
Occupation | ||||||
None | 10 | 4.4 | 21 | 9.1 | 31 | 6.8 |
Student | 49 | 21.4 | 46 | 20 | 95 | 20.6 |
Housewife | 26 | 11.4 | 24 | 10.4 | 50 | 10.9 |
Small business owner | 92 | 40.1 | 90 | 39.1 | 182 | 39.7 |
Salary worker | 52 | 22.7 | 49 | 21.3 | 101 | 22 |
Gravidity | ||||||
Primagravidae | 107 | 46.7 | 109 | 47.4 | 216 | 47.0 |
Secundigravidae | 68 | 29.7 | 69 | 30.0 | 137 | 29.9 |
Multigravidae | 54 | 23.6 | 52 | 22.6 | 106 | 23.1 |
Household ownership of bed net | ||||||
No | 99 | 43.2 | 108 | 47 | 207 | 45.1 |
Yes | 130 | 56.8 | 122 | 53 | 252 | 54.9 |
Slept under bed net (previous night) | ||||||
No | 197 | 86. | 195 | 84.8 | 392 | 85.4 |
Yes | 32 | 14 | 35 | 15.2 | 67 | 14.6 |
Baseline parasitaemia | ||||||
No | 212 | 92.6 | 206 | 89.6 | 418 | 91.1 |
Yes | 17 | 7.4 | 15 | 6.5 | 32 | 7.0 |
Parasite density geometric mean [95% CI] | 954.8 | [490.4–1859.3] | 951 | [452.5–1998.5] | 953 | [597.3–1520.6] |
Haemoglobin (g/dl) | ||||||
≥ 11 | 135 | 59 | 165 | 71.7 | 300 | 65.4 |
8–10.9 | 92 | 40.2 | 62 | 27.0 | 154 | 33.5 |
< 8 | 2 | 0.8 | 3 | 1.3 | 5 | 1.1 |
Mean (SD) | 11.4 | (1.4) | 11.6 | (1.3) | 11.5 | (1.4) |
Median (IQR) | 11.3 | (1.8) | 11.6 | (1.4) | 11.5 | (1.6) |