Burden of Placental Malaria among Pregnant Women Who Use or Do Not Use Intermittent Preventive Treatment at Mulago Hospital, Kampala

Table 1

Demographic and obstetric characteristics of SP users and nonusers enrolled in the study.

Characteristic	SP-IPTp users ()	SP-IPTp nonusers ()
Residence in Kampala/Mukono/Wakiso	31 (93.9%)	26 (78.8%)
Male sex of baby	18	20
History of bed-net use	29 (87.9%)	30 (90.9%)
Mean age [years (SD)]	24.24 (3.5)	25.54 (3.7)
Mean birth weight [grams (SD)]	3280 (425)	3050
Mean gestational age (weeks)	37.6	36.48
Still births	0	1
Twin deliveries	0	2

, including 2 twin pairs.