11 research outputs found

    The effect of quarterly albendazole during childhood on asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia, haemoglobin and growth.

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    <p>Malaria parasitaemia results were missing for 39, 53, 52 and 38 children at ages 2, 3, 4 and 5 years, respectively; haemoglobin results were missing for 17, 28, 658<sup>b</sup> and 13 children at ages 2, 3, 4 and 5 years, respectively; weight-for-age z-scores were missing for 2, 0, 1 and 4 children at ages 2, 3, 4 and 5 years, respectively; height-for-age z-scores were missing for 12, 2, 9 and 12 children at ages 2, 3, 4 and 5 years, respectively; weight-for-height z-scores were missing for 16, 4, 11 and 184<sup>c</sup> children at ages 2, 3, 4 and 5 years, respectively.</p>a<p>The effect of quarterly albendazole on asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia changed with time (interaction p = 0.02), therefore the overall effect of the intervention on this outcome is not presented.</p>b<p>Haemoglobin was not measured for four-year olds from 22<sup>nd</sup> January 2009 onwards due to budget constraints.</p>c<p>Weight-for-height z-scores could not be calculated using WHO Anthro software for children who were aged >5 years and 1 month.</p

    Effect of anthelminthic treatment during pregnancy on eczema incidence in the children.

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    <p>Kaplan-Meier survival estimates for time to first (or only episode) of eczema (a) comparing children whose mothers received albendazole during pregnancy with those whose mothers received albendazole-placebo (b) comparing children whose mothers received praziquantel during pregnancy with those whose mothers received praziquantel-placebo. Numbers shown in the tables are number of events (in brackets) and number of children at risk.</p
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