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Number (proportion) of participants with a positive Plasmodium RT-PCR at week 16
| IPM group No. (%) |
Placebo group No. (%) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 46/278 (16.6) | 41/286 (14.3) | 0.47 |
| Iron status baseline | |||
| Iron replete | 41/205 (20.0) | 28/210 (13.3) | 0.07 |
| Iron deficient | 5/73 (12.6) | 13/76 (17.1) | 0.06 |
| MCV baseline | |||
| Microcytosis | 31/143 (21.7) | 31/161 (19.3) | 0.60 |
| No microcytosis | 15/135 (11.1) | 10/124 (8.1) | 0.41 |
