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Table 2 Factors associated with malaria at the time of first antenatal visit

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

 

Malaria infection

Clinical malaria

OR (95 % CI)

p value

OR (95 % CI)

p value

Season

0.9 (0.7–1.2)

0.46

0.5 (0.3–0.9)

0.02

Maternal agea

1.0 (0.9–1.0)

0.36

0.9 (0.8–1.0)

0.22

Gestational age

0.96 (0.92–0.996)

0.03

1.0 (0.9–1.1)

0.62

Graviditya

1.2 (0.8–1.8)

0.38

0.8 (0.4–1.7)

0.64

Bed net use

0.8 (0.6–1.1)

0.23

0.7 (0.4–1.2)

0.19

Year

0.8 (0.7–0.9)

<0.0001

0.7 (0.6–0.8)

0.001

  1. aData only available for 2009–2010
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