Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics by Intermittent Preventive Treatment During Pregnancy (IPTp) Use
| Covariate | No IPTp (n = 108) | Early IPTp (n = 607) | Recent IPTp (n = 111) | Pa |
| Female infant | 51 (47.2) | 317 (52.2) | 60 (54.0) | .31 |
| Birth season (high) | 61 (56.5) | 284 (46.8) | 63 (56.8) | .11 |
| Bed net use | .20 | |||
| None | 29 (26.9) | 190 (31.3) | 30 (27.0) | |
| Untreated | 45 (41.7) | 226 (37.2) | 37 (33.3) | |
| Treated | 11 (10.2) | 94 (15.5) | 23 (20.7) | |
| Unknown | 23 (21.3) | 97 (16.0) | 21 (18.9) | |
| Previous pregnancies | .17 | |||
| 0 | 34 (31.5) | 168 (27.7) | 33 (29.7) | |
| 1 | 30 (27.8) | 133 (21.9) | 24 (21.6) | |
| ≥2 | 44 (40.7) | 306 (50.4) | 54 (48.7) | |
| Village (urban) | 58 (53.7) | 269 (44.4) | 45 (40.5) | .05 |
| Maternal age, mean years (±SD) | 25.2 (5.7) | 26.3 (6.4) | 26.3 (6.5) | .07 |
| Days after study start, mean days (±SD) | 308.5 (331.0) | 483.5 (316.1) | 552.4 (348.4) | <.001 |
NOTE. Data are no. (%) of subjects unless otherwise indicated. Boldface type indicates statistical significance. SD, standard deviation.
a
P values reflect the difference between no IPTp and any IPTp.