Table 5. Effect of IPTc on mean haemoglobin/haematocrit concentrations in intervention and control arms at the end of the intervention period.

	Study Site	Drug Regimen	No. children	Mean Hb (g/dL)/Hct (%) concentration [95% CI]	p-value (z-test)
Kweku (2008) [22]	Hohoe	SP bimonthly	550	9.2 (6.6–11.8)	0.20
		AS+AQ bimonthly	464	9.2 (6.6–11.8)	0.23
		AS+AQ monthly	559	9.4 (7.0–11.8)	0.18
		Placebo	589	9.3 (6.7–11.9)	-
Dicko (2008) [21]	Kambila	SP bimonthly	55	32.1 (31.2–33.0)	0.80
		Control	54	31.9 (31.0–32.8)	-
Dicko (2011) [12]	Kati Region	SP+AQ	1422	11.0 (10.7–11.2)	0.06
		Placebo	1433	10.7 (10.5–10.9)	-
Konaté (2011) [13]	Boussé	SP+AQ	1444	11.0 (10.9–11.1)	<0.001
		Placebo	1441	10.4 (10.3–10.4)	-
Sesay (2011) [23]	Farafenni	SP+AQ	513	10.2 (7.1–13.3)	0.79
		Placebo	533	10.3 (7.4–13.2)	-

AQ: amodiaquine, AS: artesunate, CI: confidence interval, DHA: dihydroartemisinin, Hb: haemoglobin, Hct: haematocrit, PQ: piperaquine, SP: sulphadoxine pyrimethamine.