Table 2. Baseline characteristic of pregnant women delivering with prior history of last antimalarial exposure.

Characteristic	No history of malaria (n = 4408)	CQ±SP (n = 24)	Oral Qu (n = 347)	DHP alone (n = 336)	IV Art +/− DHP (n = 77)
Age, mean year (95%CI of mean)	25.9 (25.8–26.1)a	23.7 (21.3–26.2)	25.4 (24.8–26.0)	24.8 (24.1–25.4)	24.6 (23.3–25.9)
Papuan Ethnic groups	64.7% (2846/4399)a	75% (18/24)	61.6% (213/346)	83% (279/336)c	71.4% (55/77)
Primigravidae	31% (1365/4404)b	45.8% (11/24)	37% (129/347)	32.4% (109/336)	39% (30/77)
Gestation of pregnancy, median week (range)	39 (19–44)a	39 (34–40)	39 (20–43)	38 (24–44)	38 (21–41)d
Febrile at delivery	5.2% (231/4406)a	33.3% (8/24)	28% (97/347)	10.7% (36/336)c , e	9% (7/77)c , e
Number of febrile episodes during pregnancy, median no. (range)	-	1 (1–2)	1 (1–8)	1 (1–7)e	1 (1–4)e
Time from last exposure to delivery, median weeks (range)	-	16 (1–35)	12 (1–39)	10 (1–29)c , e	10 (1–23)d

Notes: Compared with prior history of last antimalarial exposure:

^a p<0.001,

^b p<0.05; Compared with Oral Quinine:

^c p≤0.001,

^d p<0.05; Compared with CQ+/−SP:

^e p<0.05.