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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 14.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2014 Oct 15;385(9968):629–639. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61651-2

Table 2. Enrolment characteristics by treatment arm for trial period (2011–14)*.

Women with a less-than-5th-percentile infant All women


Intervention (n=2361) Control (n=2094) Intervention (n=48 219) Control (n=51 523)
Maternal age group (years)
<20 303/2358 (13%) 344/2094 (16%) 5412/48 156 (11%) 6622/51 455 (13%)
20–35 1937/2358 (82%) 1673/2094 (80%) 41 003/48 156 (85%) 42 938/51 455 (83%)
>35 118/2358 (5%) 77/2094 (4%) 1741/48 156 (4%) 1895/51 455 (4%)
Maternal education
No formal school 787/2335 (34%) 687/2077 (33%) 11 005/47 976 (23%) 11 258/51 256 (22%)
Primary 796/2335 (34%) 700/2077 (34%) 17 686/47 976 (37%) 19 515/51 256 (38%)
Secondary 640/2335 (27%) 567/2077 (27%) 15 528/47 976 (32%) 16 170/51 256 (32%)
University 112/2335 (5%) 123/2077 (6%) 3757/47 976 (8%) 4313/51 256 (8%)
Parity
0 899/2348 (38%) 867/2088 (42%) 16 366/47 897 (34%) 17 901/51 434 (35%)
1 553/2348 (24%) 508/2088 (24%) 13 961/47 897 (29%) 14 599/51 434 (28%)
2 896/2348 (38%) 713/2088 (34%) 17 570/47 897 (37%) 18 934/51 434 (37%)
Previous pregnancy loss 208/1525 (14%) 170/1300 (13%) 2567/33 684 (8%) 2449/36 098 (7%)
Received antenatal care 2209/2333 (95%) 1963/2073 (95%) 46 763/47 979 (97%) 50 071/51 182 (98%)
Multiple pregnancy 280/2360 (12%) 274/2094 (13%) 508/48 202 (1%) 500/51 515 (1%)

Data are n/N (%).

*

Dates vary by study site.

Cutoffs for the less-than-5th-percentile birthweight groups were determined from 2011 data.