Table 1.
Characteristics of parturient women who used IPT-SP, pyrimethamine or no chemoprophylactic agents
| Characteristics | IPT-SP Use (n = 589) | Pyrimethamine (n = 214) | No chemo-prophylaxis (n = 171) | p-value |
| Age (Years) | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 29.6 ± 5.7 | 29.4 ± 4.9 | 30.1 ± 5.3 | 0.408 |
| Range | 17 – 44 | 18 – 43 | 17 – 42 | |
| Maternal Level of Education n (%) | ||||
| None | 13 (2.2) | 3 (1.4) | 4 (2.3) | |
| Primary/Qur'anic education | 74 (12.4) | 31 (14.5) | 26 (15.2) | |
| Secondary school | 359 (60.3) | 122 (57.0) | 85 (49.7) | 0.307 |
| Post 20 School | 149 (25.0) | 58 (27.1) | 56 (32.7) | |
| Total | 595 (100) | 214 (100) | 171 (100) | |
| Fathers' Level of Education n (%) | ||||
| None | 9 (1.5) | 3 (1.4) | 4 (2.5) | |
| Primary/Qur'anic education | 53 (9.0) | 21 (10.1) | 19 (11.7) | |
| Secondary school | 315 (53.5) | 110 (53.1) | 70 (43.2) | 0.409 |
| Post secondary school | 212 (36) | 73 (35.3) | 69 (42.6) | |
| Total | 589 (100) | 207 (100) | 162 (100) | |
| Gravidity n (%) | ||||
| 1 | 133 (22.2) | 49 (22.9) | 48 (28.2) | |
| 2 | 127 (21.2) | 50 (23.4) | 35 (20.6) | 0.516 |
| >2 | 338 (56.5) | 115 (53.7) | 87 (51.2) | |
| Baby's Sex n (%) | ||||
| Male | 310 (51.8) | 107 (50) | 99 (57.9) | 0.268 |