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Table 1 Characteristics and birth outcomes of study participants.

From: Placental malaria among HIV-infected and uninfected women receiving anti-folates in a high transmission area of Uganda

Variable

HIV-infected mothers (n = 161)

HIV-uninfected mothers (n = 356)

p-value

Median maternal age in years (IQR)

28 (23-33)

23 (19-29)

< .001

Gravidity

   

   G1

31 (19)

134 (38)

< .001

   G2

24 (15)

50 (14)

 

   G3 and above

106 (66)

172 (48)

 

Chemoprevention during pregnancy

   

   IPT-SP

4 (2)

336 (94)

N/A

   TS

143 (89)

0 (0)

 

   Both

7 (4)

0 (0)

 

   None

6 (4)

18 (5)

 

   Unknown

1 (1)

2 (1)

 

Live birth

159 (99)

347 (97)

.35

Preterm delivery (< 37 weeks)

50 (31)

82 (23)

.05

  1. Data are number (%) of patients, unless otherwise indicated; IQR = interquartile range; IPT-SP = intermittent preventive therapy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine; TS = daily trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole; SD = standard deviation.
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