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Table 1 Malaria prevalence and bed net use before, during and after a universal bed net campaign

From: The prevalence of malaria at first antenatal visit in Blantyre, Malawi declined following a universal bed net campaign

Time period

Bed net use

OR (95 % CI)

Malaria infection prevalence

OR (95 % CI)

Clinical malaria prevalence

OR (95 % CI)

Before bed net campaign

225/447 (50.3 %)

Referent

125/440 (28.4 %)

Referent

39/449 (8.7 %)

Referent

During bed net campaign

200/365 (54.8 %)

1.2 (0.9–1.6)

87/471 (18.5 %)

0.6 (0.4–0.8)

11/364 (3.0 %)

0.3 (0.2–0.6)

After bed net campaign

354/535 (66.2 %)

1.9 (1.5–2.5)

108/718 (15.0 %)

0.4 (0.3–0.6)

16/534 (3.0 %)

0.3 (0.2–0.6)

Total

779/1347 (57.8 %)

 

320/1629 (19.6 %)

 

66/1347 (4.9 %)