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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of the study particpants

From: Performance of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for the diagnosis of malaria among malaria suspected pregnant women in Northwest Ethiopia

Variable

Frequencya

Pearson Chi Square (p value)

Positive: N (%)

Negative: N (%)

Age

 18–24

3 (13.0)

20 (87.0)

1.05 (0.789)

 25–30

5 (10.9)

41 (89.1)

 31–35

1 (7.1)

13 (92.9)

 36+

1 (25.0)

3 (75.0)

Previous malaria history

 Yes

5 (11.4)

39 (88.6)

0.001 (0.969)

 No

5 (11.6)

38 (88.4)

Trimester

 First

2 (13.3)

13 (86.7)

0.61 (0.74)

 Second

5 (13.9)

31 (86.1)

 Third

3 (8.3)

33 (91.7)

Gravid

 Primigravidae

2 (9.1)

20 (90.9)

0.167 (0.683)

 Multigravidae

8 (12.3)

57 (87.7)

  1. aParasite positivity is determined by nPCR