Table 5 Comparison of maternal clinical conditions between the groups, at baseline, two months post-intervention, four months post-intervention
| Variable | Group | χ2 | df | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Intervention Freq. (%) n = 186 |
Control Freq. (%) n = 186 | ||||||
| Baseline | |||||||
| Reported malaria diagnosis | 0.650 | 1 | 0.420 | ||||
| Yes | 49 | (26.3) | 56 | (30.1) | |||
| No | 137 | (73.7) | 130 | (69.9) | |||
| 2 months | |||||||
| Reported malaria diagnosis | 4.345 | 1 | 0.037 | ||||
| Yes | 76 | (46.1) | 90 | (57.7) | |||
| No | 89 | (53.9) | 66 | (42.3) | |||
| 4 months | |||||||
| Reported malaria diagnosis | 4.910 | 1 | 0.027 | ||||
| Yes | 36 | (25.9) | 49 | (38.6) | |||
| No | 103 | (74.1) | 78 | (61.4) | |||
| Baseline | |||||||
| Haematocrit | 1.573 | 321 | 0.117a | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 33.09 | (4.00) | 32.42 | (3.71) | |||
| 2 months | |||||||
| Haematocrit | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 31.93 | (4.09) | 30.63 | (3.70) | |||
| End of pregnancy | |||||||
| Birth outcome | - | - | 0.623 | ||||
| Live birth | 140 | (97.9) | 137 | (99.3) | |||
| Stillbirth | 3 | (2.1) | 1 | (0.7) | |||
| End of pregnancy | |||||||
| Birth weight category | 1.780 | 1 | 0.182 | ||||
| Normal birth weight | 98 | (77.8) | 88 | (70.4) | |||
| Low birth weight | 28 | (22.2) | 37 | (29.6) | |||