Table 2.
Infant Characteristics by Mother's Primigravidae Status and Gravidity Group
| Characteristic | Total Cohort |
PG |
MG |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG | MG | P Valuea | PM+ | PM− | P Valuea | PM+ | PM− | P Valuea | |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 179 (50.4) | 766 (51.1) | .83 | 119 (50.8) | 60 (49.6) | .82 | 240 (52.1) | 526 (50.6) | .61 |
| Female | 176 (49.6) | 734 (48.9) | 115 (49.2) | 61 (50.4) | 221 (47.9) | 513 (49.4) | |||
| Birth weight | |||||||||
| ≥2.5 kg | 288 (83.5) | 1358 (92.3) | <.01 | 186 (82.3) | 102 (85.7) | .42 | 409 (91.9) | 949 (92.9) | .24 |
| <2.5 kg | 57 (16.5) | 113 (7.7) | 40 (17.7) | 17 (14.3) | 40 (8.9) | 73 (7.1) | |||
| Malaria transmission season at delivery | |||||||||
| Low | 91 (25.6) | 430 (28.7) | .25 | 54 (23.1) | 37 (30.6) | .13 | 133 (28.8) | 297 (28.6) | .92 |
| High | 264 (74.4) | 1070 (71.3) | 180 (76.9) | 84 (69.4) | 328 (71.2) | 742 (71.4) | |||
| Infant ITN useb | |||||||||
| High | 97 (29.4) | 489 (34.1) | .26 | 62 (28.6) | 35 (31.0) | .89 | 128 (29.4) | 361 (36.2) | .01 |
| Moderate | 118 (35.8) | 472 (32.9) | 79 (36.4) | 39 (34.5) | 166 (38.1) | 306 (30.6) | |||
| Low | 115 (34.8) | 473 (40.0) | 76 (35.0) | 39 (34.5) | 142 (32.5) | 331 (33.2) | |||
Data are presented as No. (%).
Abbreviations: ITN, insecticide-treated bed net; MG, multigravidae; PG, primigravidae; PM, placental malaria; PM–, no placental malaria; PM+, placental malaria present.
a χ2 P value.
b Fieldworkers determined infant ITN use during monthly home visits. The mean score of ITN use per month was graded into tertiles (high, moderate and low users).