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Table 2 Ultrasound findings during pregnancy in women included in the study

From: Ultrasound findings in pregnant women with uncomplicated vivax malaria in the Brazilian Amazon: a cohort study

 

Vivax malaria

%

No malaria

%

RR

P-value

n = 118

n = 191

f i

f i

Low USG weight

      

Yes

7

6%

8

4.2%

1.41

0.67

(0.52-3.80)

No

111

94%

183

95.8%

  

Placental thickness

    

---

0.0000

Yes

10

8.5%

0

0%

  

No

108

79.6%

191

100%

  

Oligohydramnious

     

0.68

Yes

2

1.7%

6

3%

0.53

 

(0.11-2.62)

No

116

98.3%

185

97%

  

Foetal malformation

     

0.70

Yes

1+

0.8%

1*

0.5%

1.61

 

(0.10-25.6)

No

117

99.2%

190

99.5%

  
  1. USG, ultrasonography.
  2. fi = simple absolute frequency; RR = Relative risk; (Confidence level -CI = 95%).
  3. A italicized p-value indicates a statistical difference at a 5% significance level.
  4. + malformation – harelip *malformation – renal dysplasia.