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Table 4 Included foetal/newborn data from the study population in Amazonas, Brazil

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

 

Vivax malaria

%

Range

Malaria

%

Range

RR

p-value

negative

n = 118

n = 191

f i

f i

Foetal gender

        

Male

64

54.3%

 

102

53.5%

 

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0.97

Female

54

45.7%

 

89

46.5%

 

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0.64

Birth weight

3,177 g (+/−482.5 g)

 

1,945-4,715 g

3,277 g (+/− 472.5 g)

 

590-4,290 g

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0.33

LBW yes

7

5.9%

 

18

9.5%

 

0.71 (0.37-1.36)

0.37

LBW no

111

94.1%

 

173

90.5%

   

Malformation

1

0.8%

 

1

0.8%

 

1.31 (0.32-5.28)

0.14

Pre-term delivery

19

16%

 

19

9.9%

  

0.16

  1. LBW, low birth weight; fi = simple absolute frequency; RR = Relative risk; (Confidence level -CI = 95%).