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. 2019 Sep 16;34:30. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2019.34.30.20013

Table 1.

Clinical and demographical characteristics of pregnant women at delivery in Southern Benin

Characteristics No. Mean or %
Age (years) Mean 491 25.9 [25.4-26.4]
< 20 47 9.6
20-30 303 61.7
≥ 30 141 28.7
Gestational age (weeks) Mean 464 39.5 [39.1-39.8]
≥ 37 430 92.7
< 37 34 7.3
BMI (kg/m²) Mean 454 24.4 [24.1-24.7]
≥ 20 435 95.8
< 20 19 4.2
Gravidity (%) Primigravidae 91 18.5
Secundigravidae 92 18.8
Multigravidae 308 62.7
Ethnic group (%) Aïzo 305 62.1
Fon 126 25.7
Others 60 12.2
Residence area (%) Sekou 320 65.1
Attogon 101 20.6
Allada 70 14.3
Marital situation (%) Maried 482 98.2
Single 9 1.8
Education (%) No 328 66.8
Yes 163 33.2
IPTp group* (%) SP 173 35.2
MQFD 169 34.4
MQSD 149 30.4

BMI: Body Mass Index (weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters (kg/m²).

*

IPTp: Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy (allocation group of MiPPAD trial)

SP: Sulfadoxine Pyrimethamine, MQFD: Mefloquine full dose, MQSD: Mefloquine split dose

95% Confidence Interval are in parentheses