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Table 1 General characteristics of the study population

From: Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine and parasite resistance: cross-sectional surveys from antenatal care visit and delivery in rural Ghana

Characteristics

1st ANC visit

p-value

Delivery

p-value

Overall (n = 692)

Adidome (n = 366)

Battor (n = 326)

Overall (n = 499)

Adidome (n = 284)

Battor (n = 215)

Age (Mean ± SD)

26.59 ± 5.14

25.81 ± 6.39

27.44 ± 6.01

**

26.98 ± 4.76

26.88 ± 6.07

27.26 ± 5.31

 

Gravidity/Parity (n (%))

 

 Primigravidae

204 (29.48%)

114 (31.06%)

90 (27.69%)

 

117 (23.44%)

65 (23.13%)

52 (26.40%)

 

 Multigravidae

488 (70.52%)

253 (68.94%)

235 (72.31%)

 

361 (72.34%)

216 (76.87%)

145 (73.60%)

 

 Gestational age in weeks (Mean ± SD)

15.16 ± 5.86

13.93 ± 7.05

16.53 ± 8.20

***

38.84 ± 1.41

38.75 ± 1.78

38.98 ± 1.74

 

Bed net possession (n (%))

 Yes

644 (93.06%)

338 (92.10%)

306 (94.74%)

 

454 (90.98%)

257 (94.83%)

197 (95.63%)

 

 No

46 (6.65%)

29 (7.90%)

17 (5.26%)

 

23 (4.61%)

14 (5.17%)

9 (4.37%)

 

Bed net usage (n(%))

 Always

466 (67.34%)

238 (64.85%)

228 (70.59%)

 

267 (53.51%)

162 (60.90%)

105 (50.97%)

 

 Sometimes

177 (25.58%)

104 (28.34%)

73.0(22.6%)

 

169 (33.87%)

89 (33.46%)

80 (38.83%)

 

 Seldom

47 (6.79)

25 (6.81%)

22 (6.81%)

 

17 (3.41%)

5 (1.88%)

12 (5.83%)

 

 HBx (Mean ± SD)

10.73 ± 1.13

10.61 ± 1.44

11.36 ± 1.15

**

10.77 ± 0.93

10.79 ± 1.22

10.71 ± 1.87

 

Anaemia status (n (%))

 Severe anaemic (Hb < 8.0 g/dL)

14 (2.23%)

14 (4.6%)

0 (0%)

 

16 (3.21%)

8 (2.85%)

8 (5.88%)

 

 Anaemic (11.0 < Hb ≥ 8.0 g/dL)

168 (24.28%)

154 (50.66%)

14 (25%)

 

209 (41.88%)

135 (48.04%)

74 (54.41%)

 

 Birth Outcome (Mean ± SD)

    

3.11 ± 0.4

3.14 ± 0.52

3.05 ± 0.58

 

 Low birth weight < 2500 g

    

38 (7.62%)

21 (7.45%)

17 (9.82%)

 
  1. *p ≤ 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001