Table 2

Demographic, clinical and parasitological characteristics of study children at baseline and follow-up time points.


Baseline survey
Baseline survey
Follow-up survey
Follow-up survey


Intervention (n = 542)
Control (n = 541)
Intervention (n = 496)
Control (n = 510)

Ethnicity (%)




Marka
99 (18)
312 (58)
100 (20)
305 (60)
Bobo
301 (56)
116 (21)
280 (56)
96 (19)
Peulh
33 (6)
35 (6)
17 (3)
35 (7)
Mossi
81 (15)
51 (9)
79 (16)
44 (9)
Samo
18 (3)
21 (4)
13 (3)
26 (5)
Other
10 (2)
6 (1)
7 (1)
4 (1)
Median age (months)
31
30
35
35
Median age (range)
(5–56)
(4–56)
(5–60)
(5–60)
Male/female
285/257
266/275
238/258
267/243

Kouyaté et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:50   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-50

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