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The corresponding figures at delivery were 13.6% and 6.3% with an RR of 2.22 (1.07, 4.60) and in placenta 13.3% and 2.4% with an RR of 4.87 (1.58, 15.0). Newborns with malaria within 7\u2003days were significantly more frequent in the placebo group, 6.4% and 0.7% respectively, with an RR of 6.55 (1.20, 35.7). Almost all (approximately 98%) of the women studied had <jats:italic>Plasmodium falciparum<\/jats:italic>, the remainder had <jats:italic>P. malariae<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>P. ovale<\/jats:italic>. The mean birthweight in the SP group was 3077\u2003g and in the placebo group 2926\u2003g. The estimated mean difference between the two groups was 151\u2003g with 95% CI (51, 252). The mean placental weight in the placebo group was 596 and 645\u2003g in the SP group, implying a difference of 49\u2003g with a 95% CI (11, 88). The mean gestational duration was 6.1\u2003days longer in the SP group, 95% CI (1.5, 10.6). 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