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Table 1 Characteristics of 839 women with live singleton deliveries

From: Detection and clinical manifestation of placental malaria in southern Ghana

Parameter

All

Primiparae

Parae II & III

Multiparae (>III)

P

No. (%)

839 (100)

304/832 (36.5)

305/832 (36.7)

223/832 (26.8)

 

Age (years; median, range; n = 827)

25 (15–47)

21 (15–36)

25 (18–40)*

33 (22–47)*

< 0.0001

Residence in Agogo (%, No.)

48.9 (410)

48.7 (148/304)

54.8 (167/305)

41.3 (92/223)

0.009

Proportion without school degree (%, No.)

15.4 (128/829)

8.6 (26/302)

14.6 (44/302)*

26.0 (57/219)*

< 0.0001

Axillary temperature (°C; mean ± SD; n = 826)

36.4 ± 0.5

36.5 ± 0.6

36.4 ± 0.5

36.4 ± 0.5

0.32

Fever (%, No.)

2.8 (23/826)

4.0 (12/300)

1.7 (5/302)

2.7 (6/129)

0.22

Haemoglobin (g/dL; median; range)

11.5 (4.6–16.8)

11.4 (4.6–16.4)

11.6 (5.8–16.8)

11.5 (4.7–15.6)

0.28

Anaemia (haemoglobin <11 g/dL)

35.2 (295)

38.5 (117/304)

32.5 (99/305)

35.0 (78/223)

0.30

No. of previous ANC visits (median, range, n = 821)

4 (0–12)

3 (0–11)

4 (0–12)*

4 (0–10)

0.01

Proportion with ≤3 ANC visits (%, No.)

47.7 (392/821)

52.5 (156/297)

43.1 (129/299)*

47.9 (105/219)

0.07

Caesarean section (%, No.)

22.1 (185)

21.7 (66/304)

19.0 (58/305)

26.5 (59/223)

0.12

Birth weight (g; median, range; n = 838)

2950 (1280–4500)

2785 (1280–4000)

3000 (1600–4250)*

3100 (1500–4500)*

<0.0001

Gestational age (weeks; median, range; n = 831)

38.4 (20.0–43.1)

38.4 (20.0–43.1)

39.0 (32.0–43.1)*

39.4 (27.0–42.1)*

0.0001

Low birth weight (LBW)

16.0 (134/837)

26.0 (79/304)

10.9 (33/304)*

9.4 (21/223)*

< 0.0001

Preterm delivery

18.8 (156/831)

26.3 (80/304)

16.0 (48/300)*

12.2 (27/221)*

< 0.0001

Proportion with chloroquine in plasma (%, No.)

22.4 (182/821)

27.9 (83/298)

19.1 (57/299)*

19.4 (42/217)*

0.02

Proportion with pyrimethamine in plasma (%, No.)

35.0 (287/821)

35.6 (106/298)

33.8 (101/299)

35.9 (78/217)

0.85

  1. *, difference to primiparae, P < 0.05; ANC, antenatal care