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Table 2 Low birth weight, preterm delivery, and maternal anaemia according to Plasmodium falciparum infection

From: Lack of effect of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy and intense drug resistance in western Uganda

Parameter

Low birth weight

Preterm delivery

Anaemia

% (n/n)

OR (95 % CI)

P

% (n/n)

OR (95 % CI)

P

% (n/n)

OR (95 % CI)

P

P. falciparum PCR, peripheral blood

 Negative

9.0 (58/648)

1

 

10.8 (69/641)

1

 

27.0 (170/629)

1

 

 Positive

18.0 (11/61)

2.24 (1.0–4.7)

0.02

23.4 (15/64)

2.54 (1.3–5.0)

0.003

47.6 (30/63)

2.45 (1.4–4.3)

0.0006

P. falciparum infection

 None

9.0 (56/624)

1

 

10.0 (62/617)

1

 

26.9 (169/628)

1

 

 Submicroscopic

8.6 (3/35)

0.95 (0.2–3.2)

1.0

19.4 (7/36)

2.16 (0.8–5.3)

0.09

32.4 (12/37)

1.30 (0.6–2.8)

0.46

 Microscopic

30.8 (8/26)

4.51 (1.7–11.6)

0.002

28.6 (8/28)

3.58 (1.4–9.0)

0.007

70.4 (19/27)

6.45 (2.6–16.4)

<0.0001

  1. OR odds ratio, 95 % CI 95 % confidence interval