From: Detection and clinical manifestation of placental malaria in southern Ghana
Positive diagnosis | Low birth weight | Preterm delivery | Anaemia | |||
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aOR (95%CI) | P | aOR (95%CI) | P | aOR (95%CI) | P | |
Peripheral blood | ||||||
Microscopy | 0.9 (0.6–1.5) | ns | 1.1 (0.7–1.7) | ns | 1.6 (1.1–2.3) | 0.01 |
HRP2 test | 1.2 (0.8–1.8) | ns | 1.4 (0.9–2.0) | ns | 2.0 (1.5–2.7) | <0.0001 |
PCR | 1.1 (0.8–1.7) | ns | 1.1 (0.7–1.5) | ns | 2.1 (1.6–2.9) | <0.0001 |
HRP2 test if microscopy negative | 1.5 (0.9–2.5) | ns | 1.7 (1.0–2.7) | 0.03 | 2.1 (1.4–3.2) | 0.0002 |
PCR if microscopy negative | 1.2 (0.8–1.9) | ns | 1.0 (0.7–1.6) | ns | 2.0 (1.4–2.8) | <0.0001 |
Placental blood | ||||||
Microscopy | 1.1 (0.7–1.7) | ns | 1.1 (0.7–1.6) | ns | 2.2 (1.6–2.9) | <0.0001 |
Haemozoin | 1.3 (0.8–1.9) | ns | 1.3 (0.9–1.9) | ns | 2.8 (2.0–3.9) | <0.0001 |
HRP2 test | 1.5 (1.0–2.2) | 0.04 | 1.4 (1.0–2.1) | 0.055 | 2.3 (1.7–3.2) | <0.0001 |
PCR | 1.2 (0.8–1.9) | ns | 1.1 (0.8–1.6) | ns | 2.4 (1.7–3.3) | <0.0001 |
Stage of infection | ||||||
Resolved | 1.5 (0.8–3.0) | ns | 1.5 (0.8–2.9) | ns | 2.0 (1.1–3.4) | 0.02 |
Late | 1.2 (0.8–1.9) | ns | 1.2 (0.8–1.9) | ns | 3.4 (2.3–4.9) | <0.0001 |
Early | 1.1 (0.6–2.1) | ns | 1.0 (0.5–1.8) | ns | 1.2 (0.8–2.0) | ns |