Table 1.

Baseline Demographic Characteristics (N = 21)

Characteristic		No. (%)
Mother’s age, y, median (range)		23 (18–40)
Ethnicity	Karen	16 (76)
	Burman	3 (14)
	Mixed	2 (10)
No. of children, median (range)		3 (1–9)
Duration of breastfeeding for previous children, mo, median (range)		18.5 (0–48)
Previous malaria episodes, median (range)		1 (1–4)
Proportion of patients with >1 episode		6/21 (29)
Age of infant, mo, median (range)		5 (1.5–22)
Infant sex, male		14 (67)
Proportion of infants <6 mo old introduced to water		12/13 (92)
Proportion of infants <6 mo old introduced to solid food		6/13 (46)
Proportion of infants >6 mo old introduced to both solid food and water		8/8 (100)

Data are presented as median (%) unless otherwise specified.