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Table 4 Prevalence (%) of study characteristics in the four longitudinal ZPP transition categories

From: Zinc erythrocyte protoporphyrin as marker of malaria risk in pregnancy - a retrospective cross-sectional and longitudinal study

Characteristic

ZPP Category

1

2

3

4

Primigravidae

17.3 (249)

25.5 (157)

24.6 (642)

18.8 (320)

IPTp-SP ≥1dose

72.0 (246)

81.3 (150)

68.1 (627)

62.9 (310)

Hb < 11 g/dl

58.4 (243)

62.7 (150)

87.4 (628)

76.1 (305)

Hb < 8 g/dl

2.1 (243)

8.7 (150)

18.0 (628)

9.2 (305)

LBW < 2500 g

13.5 (245)

19.1 (152)

19.0 (633)

15.2 (309)

HIV positive

23.7 (97)

37.7 (61)

20.5 (268)

30.0 (130)

  1. Brackets: available sample.
  2. IPTp-SP: intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine – pyrimethamine;
  3. Hb:hemoglobin; LBW: low birth weight; ZPP: zinc erythrocyte protoporphyrin.
  4. Category 1: ZPP normal to ZPP normal.
  5. Category 2: Raised ZPP to normal ZPP.
  6. Category 3: Raised ZPP to raised ZPP.
  7. Category 4: Normal ZPP to raised ZPP.
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Malaria Journal

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