Uptake of intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria during pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes: a cross-sectional study in Geita district, North-Western Tanzania

Table 3 Analysis of factors associated with placental parasite density among delivering women

Variable	Parasite density		Crude OR	P-value	Adjusted OR	P-value
	N	No. of PD >100/μl, (%)	(95% CI)		(95% CI)
Maternal age
<20 years	42	22 (52.38)	2.04 (1.00, 4.16)	0.049	1.98 (0.76, 5.17)	0.162
≥20 years	120	42 (35.00)	Reference		Reference
Health facility
Geita hospital	93	23 (24.73)	Reference		Reference
Katoro HC	69	41 (59.42)	4.46 (2.27, 8.73)	<0.001	5.32 (2.45, 11.57)	<0.001
Gravidity
Paucigravidae	94	43 (45.74)	1.89 (0.98, 3.63)	0.058	2.05 (0.85, 4.93)	0.110
Multigravidae	68	21 (30.88)	Reference		Reference
Level of education
None/Primary	140	61 (43.57)	4.89 (1.38, 17.29)	0.014	3.18 (0.80, 12.55)	0.099
Secondary/Higher	22	3 (13.64)	Reference		Reference
Occupation
Peasant/livestock	143	61 (42.66)	3.97 (1.11, 14.23)	0.034	2.16 (0.53, 8.82)	0.285
Employed/Business	19	3 (15.79)	Reference		Reference
Bed net use
No	6	5 (88.33)	8.33 (0.95, 73.13)	0.056	12.88 (1.27, 130.15)	0.030
Yes	152	57 (37.50)	Reference		Reference
SP receipt
<3 doses	158	64 (40.51)	-	-	-	-
≥3 doses	4	0 (0.00)

HC = health centre; OR = odds ratio, PD = parasite density, 95% CI = 95% confidence interval, SP = sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine; Significant p-values are presented in bold.

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