Impact of vitamin A with zinc supplementation on malaria morbidity in Ghana

Nutrition Journal

Table 3 Comparison of geometric mean malaria parasite densities at baseline and end line

Parasite count	Observations		Parasite densities	(95%CI)	p
	Intervention	Control	Intervention	Control
Baseline ^y
<2000	17	15	491 (288,838)	542 (310,949)	0.78
≥2000& < 5000	7	8	2732 (2196,3381)	3285 (2839,3802)	0.10
≥5000& < 10000	11	6	7473 (6488,8608)	6517 (5085,8351)	0.23
≥10000	12	19	25263 (16019,39842)	33042 (22825,47831)	0.33
Total	47	48	3281 (1956,5501)	5084 (2932,8811)	0.24
Endline ^X
<2000	8	7	576 (245,1354)	390 (146,1037)	0.48
≥2000& < 5000	4	5	2495 (2053,3547)	3175 (2428,4154)	0.08
≥5000& < 10000	4	3	6973 (5856,8303)	8863 (7238,10854)	0.02
≥10000	3	7	24485 (6625,90491)	33739 (18049,63068)	0.49
Total	19	22	2397 (1119, 5135)	3976 (1659,9257)	0.37

Y 105 out of 200 children had no malaria parasites at baseline.
X-159 out of 182 children who completed follow up had no malaria parasites at end line.

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