|
Characteristic
|
Total (n = 128)
|
Early pregnancy malaria parasitaemia (n = 27)
|
No early pregnancy malaria parasitaemia (n = 101)
|
P
a
|
|---|
|
N (%)
|
N (%)
|
N (%)
|
|---|
|
Maternal age
|
|
≥30
|
48 (38)
|
6 (22)
|
42 (42)
|
0.13
|
|
25-29
|
40 (31)
|
9 (33)
|
31 (31)
| |
|
<25
|
40 (31)
|
12 (44)
|
28 (28)
| |
|
Gravidity
|
|
Primigravidae
|
34 (27)
|
6 (18)
|
28 (82)
|
0.56
|
|
Multigravidae
|
94 (73)
|
21 (22)
|
73 (78)
| |
|
Foetal sex
|
|
Female
|
70 (55)
|
17 (24)
|
53 (76)
|
0.36
|
|
Male
|
57 (45)
|
10 (18)
|
47 (83)
| |
|
Low SES
|
|
Yes
|
109 (85)
|
23 (21)
|
86 (79)
|
0.99
|
|
No
|
19 (15)
|
4 (21)
|
15 (79)
| |
|
Low education
|
|
Yes
|
55 (43)
|
16 (29)
|
39 (71)
|
0.054
|
|
No
|
74 (57)
|
11 (15)
|
62 (85)
| |
|
Baseline MUAC <24.3
|
|
Yes
|
28 (22)
|
6 (21)
|
22 (79)
|
0.96
|
|
No
|
100 (78)
|
21 (21)
|
79 (79)
| |
- SES, socio-economic status; MUAC, mid-upper arm circumference.
- a. P values from χ2 tests.
