Table 1.

Characteristics of the studied women

	Number	%
Age (years)
< 20	60	30
20–24	88	43
³ 25	55	27
Parity
Primiparous	157	77
Multiparous	46	23
Gestational age < 37 weeks*	46	25
IPTp/SP use	49	24
Bed net use	42	21
IPTp/SP plus bed net use	34	14
HPMI†	22	11
Fever at delivery‡	8	5
Maternal anemia§	64	53
Low birth weight	27	13
Total	203

^*N = 185.

^†History of possible malaria infection, N = 202.

^‡N = 177.

^§Hb level measured in only 120 primigravidae.