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Table 5 Comparison of number of women who experienced adverse events

From: Intermittent screening and treatment with artemether–lumefantrine versus intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine for malaria in pregnancy: a facility-based, open-label, non-inferiority trial in Nigeria

 

IPTp-SP

ISTp-AL

p-value

Total

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Headache

35 (15.3)

34 (14.8)

0.929

69 (15)

Cough

23 (10)

17 (7.4)

0.323

40 (8.7)

Catarrh

15 (6.6)

15 (6.5)

0.966

30 (6.5)

Vomiting

7 (3.1)

9 (3.9)

0.641

16 (3.5)

Dizziness

6 (2.6)

10 (4.3)

0.319

16 (3.5)

Fever

2 (0.9)

10 (4.3)

0.022

12 (2.6)

Body pain

5 (2.2)

4 (1.7)

0.699

9 (2.0)

Itching

4 (1.7)

1 (0.4)

0.172

5 (1.1)

Nausea

1 (0.4)

0.337

1 (0.2)

Rash

1 (0.4)

0.338

1 (0.2)

Sleepiness

1 (0.4)

0.338

1 (0.2)