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Table 2 Association between parasitaemia, as detected by RT-PCR, and mother age, pregnancy status and signs/symptoms of malaria.

From: Sub-microscopic infections and long-term recrudescence of Plasmodium falciparum in Mozambican pregnant women

  

PCR

   
  

negative

n = 218

positive

n = 66

   

Variable

n

%

n

%

OR

95% CI

p-value*

Age**

<20 y

38

18

16

24

1

 

0.480

 

20–34 y

156

72

44

67

0.67

(0.34; 1.31)

 
 

>= 35 y

22

10

6

9

0.65

(0.22; 1.90)

 

Gestational age (weeks)

1–12

64

29

13

20

1

 

0.082

 

13 – 24

58

27

13

20

1.10

(0.47; 2.57)

 
 

> 24

96

44

40

61

2.05

(1.02; 4.14)

 

Parity***

0

28

13

4

6

1

 

0.094

 

1–3

122

56

46

70

2.64

(0.88; 7.94)

 
 

>= 4

67

31

16

24

1.67

(0.51; 5.45)

 

Season

Dry

108

50

35

53

1

 

0.684

 

Wet

110

50

31

47

0.87

(0.50; 1.51)

 

Fever

No

200

92

61

92

1

 

1.000

 

Yes

18

8

5

8

0.91

(0.32; 2.55)

 

Fever/history of fever***

No

84

39

27

41

1

 

0.772

 

Yes

133

61

39

59

0.91

(0.52; 1.60)

 

Arthromyalgia

No

55

25

11

17

1

 

0.176

 

Yes

163

75

55

83

1.69

(0.82; 3.45)

 

Headache

No

24

11

7

11

1

 

1.000

 

Yes

194

89

59

89

1.04

(0.43; 2.54)

 

Pallor

No

205

94

64

97

1

 

0.568

 

Yes

13

6

2

3

0.49

(0.11; 2.24)

 

Anemia

No

121

56

26

39

1

 

0.026

 

Yes

97

44

40

61

1.92

(1.09; 3.36)

 
  1. *, Univariate logistic regression model; **, Two data missing; ***, One data missing; OR, Odds ratio; CI, Confidence interval.
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