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Table 3 Frequency of low birth weight (LBW) in newborns to women who received 2 doses, 1 dose of SP or no IPTp in Mlomp

From: Implementation of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) at a district health centre in rural Senegal

  

Normal (=> 2.5 kg)

LBW (< 2.5 kg)

total

2 SP doses (2004–07)

N

287

22

309

 

%

92.9%

7.1%

 

1 SP dose (2004–07)

N

56

7

63

 

%

88.9%

11.1%

 

no SP (2000–07)

N

475

57

532

 

%

89.3%

10.7%

 

All

N

818

86

904

 

%

90.5%

9.5%