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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of pregnancies included for low birth weight and small for gestational analysis per study site, ASAP cohort, 2015

From: First trimester use of artemisinin-based combination therapy and the risk of low birth weight and small for gestational age

Characteristic

Burkina Faso

Mozambique

Kenya

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Total participants

656 (100)

669 (100)

590 (100)

Age at recruitment (years)

 Range

15.0–49.0

12.4–41.9

15.0–45.0

 Mean (SD)

27.1 (6.64)

24.2 (6.23)

25.7 (6.48)

 < 20

94 (14.3)

207 (30.9)

117 (19.8)

 20–24

158 (24.1)

184 (27.5)

160 (27.1)

 25–29

171 (26.1)

152 (22.7)

147 (24.9)

 30+

233 (35.5)

126 (18.8)

166 (28.1)

Gravidity

 Primigravida

113 (17.2)

178 (26.6)

118 (20.0)

 1–3 pregnancies

307 (46.8)

395 (59.0)

297 (50.3)

 4 or more pregnancies

236 (36.0)

93 (13.9)

175 (29.7)

 Missing

0 (0.0)

3 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

Marital status

 Single

9 (1.4)

240 (35.9)

125 (21.2)

 Married or cohabiting

647 (98.6)

428 (64.0)

465 (78.8)

 Missing

0 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

Education

 Primary not completed

0 (0.0)

96 (14.3)

268 (45.4)

 Primary completed

656 (100.0)

330 (49.3)

276 (46.8)

 Secondary completed

0 (0.0)

241 (36.0)

46 (7.8)

 Missing

0 (0.0)

2 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

HIV status

 Negative

633 (96.5)

442 (66.1)

445 (75.4)

 Positive

4 (0.6)

164 (24.5)

125 (21.2)

 Missing

19 (2.9)

63 (9.4)

20 (3.4)

Gestational age at recruitment (weeks)

 Mean (SD)

24.0 (6.15)

21.2 (5.65)

17.9 (10.20)

 Median (IQR)

24.1 (19.6–28.7)

21.0 (17.0–25.0)

15.9 (9.1–26.0)

Place of delivery

 Health facility

579 (88.3)

611 (91.3)

424 (71.9)

 Home

77 (11.7)

35 (5.2)

128 (21.7)

 Other

0 (0.0)

23 (3.4)

38 (6.4)