Table 2 Baseline characteristics of study infants at delivery (%)
| Â | AL | ASAQ | MQAS | DHAPQ | p-valuea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Value | N | Value | N | Value | N | Value | ||
Live births by country | 0.85 | ||||||||
 Burkina Faso | 280 | 278 (99.3) | 279 | 278 (99.6) | 275 | 268 (97.5) |  |  |  |
 Ghana |  |  | 245 | 235 (95.9) | 241 | 229 (95.0) | 252 | 243 (96.4) |  |
 Malawi | 276 | 269 (97.5) | 269 | 262 (97.4) |  |  | 270 | 268 (99.3) |  |
 Zambia | 282 | 275 (97.5) |  |  | 273 | 268 (98.2) | 264 | 254 (96.2) |  |
 Birth asphyxia | 706 | 19 (2.7) | 635 | 42 (6.6) | 658 | 44 (6.7) | 648 | 39 (6.0) | 0.91 |
 Congenital abnormalityb | 815 | 17 (2.1) | 757 | 12 (1.6) | 751 | 12 (1.6) | 742 | 6 (0.8) | 0.35 |
 Prematurityc | 838 | 78 (9.3) | 793 | 25 (3.2) | 789 | 57 (7.2) | 786 | 70 (8.9) | 0.65 |
 Congenital malariad | 808 | 7 (0.9) | 727 | 2 (0.3) | 719 | 1 (0.1) | 711 | 1 (0.1) | 0.15 |
 Anaemia at birthd | 793 | 12 (1.5) | 720 | 7 (1.0) | 713 | 10 (1.4) | 696 | 10 (1.4) | 0.36 |
 Birth weight mean (SD) | 804 | 2856 (452) | 742 | 2873 (463) | 733 | 2860 (460) | 720 | 2889 (463) | 0.56 |
 LBW < 2500 g | 804 | 138 (17.2) | 742 | 118 (15.9) | 733 | 119 (16.2) | 720 | 105 (14.6) | 0.54 |