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Table 2 Association of peripheral blood malaria infection with elevated umbilical artery resistance index (>90th centile)

From: Effects of Plasmodium falciparum infection on umbilical artery resistance and intrafetal blood flow distribution: a Doppler ultrasound study from Papua New Guinea

 

% (N)

OR (95% CI)

P

aOR (95% CI)a

P

Peripheral malaria infection prior to Doppler scanb

 Any species

13.9 (63/452)

1.8 (0.8–3.9)

0.17

1.7 (0.8–3.9)

0.20

 P.f.

11.5 (52/452)

2.3 (1.0–5.1)

0.048

2.3 (1.0–5.2)

0.047

 P.v.

3.1 (14/452)

–

–

–

–

 P.f. (sub)

4.8 (21/442)

2.3 (0.7–7.3)

0.15

2.1 (0.7–6.5)

0.20

Peripheral malaria infection at any stage in pregnancy (as a measure of exposure)c

 Any species

21.1 (76/361)

2.0 (1.0–4.0)

0.05

1.9 (0.9–4.0)

0.07

 P.f.

16.6 (60/361)

2.4 (1.1–4.9)

0.021

2.4 (1.1–4.9)

0.024

 P.v.

6.7 (24/361)

1.6 (0.6–4.9)

0.37

1.6 (0.5–5.0)

0.42

 P.f. (sub)

7.4 (26/350)

2.7 (1.1–7.0)

0.04

2.6 (1.0–6.6)

0.05

Cumulative malaria detections with any species (as measure of exposure)c

 1

17.5 (63/361)

1.8 (0.9–4.0)

0.12

1.8 (0.8–3.9)

0.15

 ≥2

3.6 (13/361)

2.6 (0.7–9.2)

0.14

2.6 (0.7–9.8)

0.15

  1. P.f., P. falciparum; P.v., P. vivax; sub, sub-microscopic
  2. aAdjusted for fetal sex, gravidity and gestational age
  3. bN (%) represents the number of scans
  4. cN (%) represents the number of women