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Table 3 Relationship between anaemia and parasitaemia

From: Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection in pregnant women in Gabon

Parasitaemiaa

0

Low

Moderate

High

Median [IQR]b

Haemoglobin, Noc (%)

     

<7 g/dl (n = 5)

1 (20)

1 (20)

2 (40)

1 (20)

2818 [1047–8376]

7 – 8.9 g/dl (n = 59)

16 (27.1)

21 (35.6)

19 (32.2)

3 (5.1)

1166 [527–3268]

9 – 11 g/dl (n = 157)

66 (41.4)

47 (29.9)

42 (26.8)

3 (1.9)

981 [321–2475]

>11 g/dl (n = 90)

53 (59)

21 (23.3)

12 (13.3)

4 (4.4)

728 [278–2242]

  1. aFor definition of parasitaemia, see Patients and Methods. b [IQR] = interquartile range. Median for those parasitemic. cNumber of pregnant women in each parasitaemic group.