TABLE 1.
Characteristics of children in the randomized groups and the untreated cohort at enrollment
| Variable | SMC randomized groups |
Untreated cohort (n = 250) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPAQ (n = 742) | DHAPQ (n = 757) | ||
| Date enrolled | 11–20 Aug | 11–20 Aug | 17–19 Sep |
| No. (%) of participants at study site | |||
| Kadomba | 323 (44) | 325 (43) | 0 |
| Balla | 151 (20) | 150 (20) | 250 (100) |
| Satiri | 268 (36) | 282 (37) | 0 |
| % male:% female | 49:51 | 50:50 | 49:51 |
| No. (%) in age group | |||
| <12 mo | 129 (17) | 153 (20) | 47 (19) |
| 12–23 mo | 155 (21) | 158 (22) | 63 (25) |
| 24–35 mo | 155 (21) | 152 (20) | 56 (22) |
| 36–47 mo | 147 (20) | 138 (18) | 45 (18) |
| 48–59 mo | 156 (21) | 156 (21) | 39 (16) |
| Wt (kg) [mean (SD)] | 10.9 (3.22) | 10.7 (3.13) | 10.1 (2.72) |
| No. (%) underweight | 193 (26) | 189 (25) | 95 (38) |
| No. (%) with stunting | 186 (25) | 182 (24) | 35 (14) |
| No. (%) with wasting | 163 (22) | 167 (22) | 105 (42) |
| No. (%) reporting use of bed nets | 267 (36) | 273 (36) | 79 (32) |
| No. (%) who slept under ITN the night before | 204 (27) | 186 (25) | 77 (31) |
| No. (%) with fevera | 213 (29) | 216 (29) | 179 (72) |
| No. (%) with malariab | 72 (9.5) | 70 (9.4) | 160 (64) |
| Geometric mean parasite density (/μl) (range) | 2,655 (16–185,000) | 2,216 (12–180,000) | 2,950 (12–111,000) |
| Prevalence of parasitema [no. (%)] | 336 (45) | 323 (43) | 152 (61) |
| Prevalence of gametocyte carriage [no. (%)] | 80 (11) | 80 (11) | 75 (30) |
a
Axillary temperature of >37.5°C or history of fever in the past 24 h.
b
Fever with any parasitemia, measured in August for the randomized groups and a month later in September for the untreated cohort.