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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study subjects

From: A non-randomized controlled trial to assess the protective effect of SMC in the context of high parasite resistance in Uganda

Characteristic

Categories

Groups

P value

Comparison (percent) n = 200

Intervention (percent) n = 400

Age

3–5 Months

7 (3.5)

4 (1.0)

 

6–11 months

17 (8.5)

38 (9.5)

 

1 year

30 (15.0)

65 (16.3)

 

2 years

53 (26.5)

129 (32.3)

 

3 years

57 (28.5)

82 (20.5)

 

4 years

36 (18.0)

82 (20.5)

0.065

Sex

Female

92 (46.0)

211 (52.8)

 

Male

108 (54.0)

189 (47.3)

0.119

Parental education

Did not complete school

163 (81.5)

316 (79.0)

 

Primary education

16 (8.0)

32 (8.0)

 

Secondary education

16 (8.0)

28 (7.0)

 

Advanced education

5 (2.5)

24 (6.0)

0.300

Household mosquito net ownership

No

25 (12.5)

73 (18.3)

 

Yes

175 (87.5)

327 (81.8)

0.072

Child slept under a Long-lasting Insecticidal net (LLINs) the previous night

No

3 (1.7)

5 (1.5)

 

Yes

172 (98.3)

322 (98.5)

0.570

Household sprayed house (IRS)

No

199 (99.5)

399 (99.8)

 

Yes

1 (0.5)

1 (0.3)

0.556

Socioeconomic status

Highest (Fifth) quintile

23 (11.5)

90 (22.5)

 

Fourth quintile

53 (26.5)

70 (17.5)

 

Middle quintile

25 (12.5)

36 (9.0)

 

Second quintile

54 (27.0)

112 (28.0)

 

Lowest (First) quintile

45 (22.5)

92 (23.0)

0.004