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Table 1 Enrolment characteristics of women with and without submicroscopic infection detected during pregnancy irrespective of the presence of microscopic infection

From: Submicroscopic malaria infection during pregnancy and the impact of intermittent preventive treatment

 

Submicroscopic infection (N = 68)

No submicroscopic infections (N = 380)

p-value

Mean gestational age in weeks (95% CI)

18.9 (17.8-20.1)

20.3 (19.9-20.7)

0.04

Mean age in years (95% CI)

20.1 (19.3-20.8)

20.1 (19.8-20.4)

0.9

Primigravid (%)

37 (54%)

247 (65%)

0.1

Did not attend secondary school (%)

33 (49%)

106 (28%)

0.001

Slept under bed net last night (%)

31 (46%)

194 (51%)

0.3m

Treated for malaria during pregnancy but prior to enrolment (%)

8 (12%)

57 (15%)

0.4

Mean number of visits (95% CI)

6.4 (5.6-7.2)

5.4(5.1-5.7)

0.01

  1. CI: confidence interval.