Intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine is effective in preventing maternal and placental malaria in Ibadan, south-western Nigeria

Table 3 Risk of malaria parasitaemia and pregnancy outcomes among parturient women who received IPT-SP, pyrimethamine or no chemoprophylaxis in Ibadan, Nigeria

Parameter	IPT-SP vs Pyrimethamine			IPT-SP vs No Chemoprophylaxis
	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
Maternal parasitaemia	0.612	0.39–0.96	0.036	0.57	0.35 9 091	0.019
Placental parasitaemia	0.582	0.37 – 0.91	0.02	0.577	0.36 – 0.93	0.022
Maternal anemia (Haematocrit <30%)	1.62	0.91 – 2.92	0.11	3.008	1.74 – 5.19	<0.0001
Pre-term delivery (GA <37 weeks)	2.03	1.31 – 3.31	0.002	2.88	1.84 – 4.35	<0.0001

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