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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of women

From: Effect of malaria on placental volume measured using three-dimensional ultrasound: a pilot study

 

Malaria (N = 19)

Non malaria (N = 65)

Age (years)

25.1 ± 5.3

27.6 ± 7.0

Teenager, n (%)

3 (16)

7 (11)

Gravida

2 [1-7]

3 [1-14]

Parity

1 [0-5]

1 [0-13]

Primigravida

6 (32)

25 (29)

Smoking

4 (21)

11 (17)

Height (cm)

152 ± 5

153 ± 4

Hct at time of ultrasound (%)

31.2 ± 2.7

32.6 ± 2.8

HBP or PE

3 (16)

5 (8)

Non-malarial infection

3 (16)*

6 (9)#

  1. Data are presented as median [range], mean ± SD, or n (%)
  2. HBP high blood pressure, Hct Haematocrit, PE pre-eclampsia, SD standard deviation
  3. * dysentery (32 weeks), pneumonia (24 weeks), suspected scrub typhus (8 weeks)
  4. # pneumonia (39 weeks), pyelonephritis (20 weeks), suspected scrub typhus (3 cases; 25, 26 and 40 weeks), unspecified sepsis (36 weeks)