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Table 3 Relationship between ANC visits, individual factors and use of IPTp

From: Antenatal care visit attendance, intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy (IPTp) and malaria parasitaemia at delivery

Factor

≤ 3visits

≥ 4visits

*Significance level (χ2; p-value)

#OR (95% CI)

†OR (95% CI)

P-value

% (n)

95% CI

% (n)

95% CI

Age (years)

    

7.670; 0.022

   

≤20

40.7 (35)

30.9 – 51.3

25.8 (51)

20.2 – 32.3

2.0 (1.2 – 3.4)

2.0 (1.0 – 4.4)

0.069

21-25

34.9 (30)

25.7 – 45.4

36.4 (72)

30.0 – 43.2

0.9 (0.6 – 1.2)

1.5 (0.7– 3.2)

0.254

>25

24.4 (21)

16.6 – 34.5

37.9 (75)

31.4 – 44.8

REF

  

Parity

    

0.765;0.682

   

Primiparous

34.1 (30)

25.0 – 44.4

29.2 (58)

23.3 – 35.8

1.3 (0.7 – 2.2)

1.2 (0.6 – 2.6)

0.671

Secundiparous

28.4 (25)

20.0 – 38.6

29.2 (58)

23.3 – 35.8

1.0 (0.6 – 1.7)

1.4 (0.7 – 2.8)

0.327

Multiparous

37.5 (33)

28.1 – 47.9

41.7 (83)

35.1 – 48.7

REF

  

Marital status

    

7.693; 0.006

   

Unmarried

35.6 (31)

26.4 – 46.1

20.2 (40)

15.2 – 26.3

2.2 (1.3 – 3.8)

2.5 (1.3 – 4.6)

0.006

Married

64.4 (56)

53.9 –73.6

79.8 (158)

73.7 – 84.8

REF

  

Educational level

    

3.740; 0.291

   

None

3.8 (3)

1.2 –10.5

7.6 (14)

4.6 – 12.3

0.5 (0.1 – 1.7)

0.8 (0.1 – 5.1)

0.827

Primary

70.0 (56)

59.2 – 78.9

58.9 (109)

51.7 – 65.8

1.6 (0.9 – 2.9)

1.4 (0.4 – 5.5)

0.594

Secondary

21.3 (17)

13.7 – 31.4

29.2 (54)

23.1 – 36.1

0.7 (0.4 – 1.2)

0.8 (0.2 – 3.3)

0.780

Tertiary

5.0 (4)

2.0 – 12.0

4.3 (8)

2.2 – 8.3

REF

  

Fever history

       

Yes

32.5 (26)

23.2 – 43.4

48.4 (93)

41.5 – 55.5

5.829; 0.016

0.5 (0.3 – 0.9)

0.5 (0.3 – 0.8)

0.009

No

67.5 (54)

56.6 – 76.8

51.6 (99)

44.5 – 58.5

REF

  

IPTp-SP dosage

        

one

70.3 (45)

58.2 – 80.1

39.1 (75)

32.4 – 46.1

18.824; 0.001

3.7 (2.0 – 6.8)

NA

 

Two or more

29.7 (19)

19.9 – 41.8

60.9 (117)

53.9 – 67.6

   
  1. *Determined by Chi-square (Fischer exact) Test; #determined from Confidence interval calculator, †determined by multinominal logistic regression, OR = Odd ratio, CI = Confidence interval, Values in bold indicate significant associations, Significance level = P < 0.05.
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