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Table 4 Univariate and multivariate analysis of predictors of peripheral parasitaemia among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics

From: Burden of malaria in pregnancy in Jharkhand State, India

 

Univariate Analysis

 

Multivariate Analysis

 

Peripheral Parasitaemia

% (Positive/Total)

Relative Risk (95% CI)

Adjusted ¶

Relative Risk (95% CI)

First/second pregnancies

2.5% (37/1503)

3.62 (1.53 - 8.54)

3.17 (1.32-7.61)

Third or greater pregnancy

0.7% (6/882)

1

 

Age < 20

2.0% (6/305)

1.11 (0.47 - 2.60)

 

Age ≥ 20

1.8% (37/2081)

1

 

Fever within past week

5.5% (22/401)

5.19 (2.88 - 9.34)

5.34(2.89-9.90)

No fever within past week

1.1% (21/1985)

1

 

Bednet use*

1.8% (31/1702)

1.29 (0.50 - 3.29)

 

No bednet use

1.4% (5/354)

1

 

Indoor residual spraying

1.8% (23/1270)

1.00 (0.55 - 1.81)

 

No indoor residual spraying

1.8% (20/1104)

1

 

Rural

4.0% (21/527)

3.37 (1.87 - 6.07)

3.10(1.66-5.79)

Not rural

1.2% (22/1859)

1

 

Tribal caste

2.8% (22/789)

2.12 (1.17 - 3.83)

1.67 (0.90-3.11)

Not tribal caste

1.3% (21/1595)

1

 

No formal education

1.3% (8/621)

0.65 (0.30 - 1.39)

 

Formal education

2.0% (35/1764)

1

 

Homeowner

1.9% (34/1751)

1.37 (0.66 - 2.84)

 

Not homeowner

1.4% (9/635)

1

 

Mud walls

2.3% (30/1324)

1.85 (0.97 - 3.53)

 

No mud walls

1.2% (13/1062)

1

 
  1. ¶Risk ratio adjusted for first/second pregnancies, fever within past week, rural locale, and tribal caste.
  2. * ITN use was not evaluated in this model since these were very rarely used.