Research Article
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 |
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, including 2 twin pairs.
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