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Table 3 Relationship between risk for maternal anaemia (Hb < 110 g/L) and gravidity throughout pregnancy in south Benin

From: Malaria and gravidity interact to modify maternal haemoglobin concentrations during pregnancy

Gravidity

% of anaemia

Crude Odds ratio*

Adjusted Odds ratio*§

OR

CI95%

P value

OR

CI95%

P value

ANV1

       

  Primigravidae (n = 786)

73.9

1.4

[1.1, 1.6]

0.001

1.1

[0.9, 1.4]

0.28

  Multigravidae (n = 2733)

68.0

      

ANV2

       

  Primigravidae (n = 721)

66.0

0.9

[0.8, 1.1]

0.44

   

  Multigravidae (n = 2520)

67.5

      

Delivery

       

  Primigravidae (n = 588)

36.9

0.8

[0.7, 0.9]

0.02

0.7

[0.6, 0.9]

0.003

  Multigravidae (n = 2241)

42.4

      
  1. *Reference class is multigravidae.
  2. §Adjusted for malaria on the visit, BMI, number of ANVs, intervals between ANV1 and ANV2 and between ANV2 and delivery, schooling, study and gestational age.