From: Placental malaria and its effect on pregnancy outcomes in Sudanese women from Blue Nile State
Characteristics | N (%) of the total | Anaemia, N (%) | Univariate analyses | Logistic regression analyses | ||
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OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | |||
Site of collection | ||||||
 Ed-Dmazen Hospital | 372 (32.4) | 284 (76.3) | 2.9 (2.2–3.9) | <0.001 | 2.0 (1.3–3.3) | 0.002 |
 El-Roseires Hospital | 227 (19.8) | 173 (76.2) | 2.9 (2.0–4.1) | <0.001 | 1.6 (0.9–2.7) | 0.074 |
 Surgical complex | 550 (47.9) | 286 (52.0) | Reference |  | Reference |  |
Age groups (years)a | ||||||
 <23.3 | 674 (58.7) | 547 (81.2) | 6.1 (4.7–7.9) | <0.001 | 3.2 (1.6–6.1) | <0.001 |
 ≥23.3 | 475 (41.3) | 196 (41.3) | Reference |  | Reference |  |
Parity | ||||||
 Primiparae | 553 (48.1) | 457 (82.6) | 7.8 (5.6–10.8) | <0.001 | 1.4 (0.7–2.8) | 0.252 |
 Secundiparae | 297 (25.8) | 173 (58.2) | 2.2 (1.6–3.1) | <0.001 | 1.0 (0.5–1.8) | 0.874 |
 Multiparae | 299 (26.0) | 113 (37.8) | Reference |  | Reference |  |
Residence | ||||||
 Rural | 347 (30.2) | 264 (76.1) | 2.1 (1.6–2.8) | <0.001 | 1.0 (0.6–1.6) | 0.955 |
 Urban | 802 (69.8) | 479 (59.7) | Reference |  | Reference |  |
Education | ||||||
 <Secondary level | 922 (80.2) | 649 (70.4) | 3.3 (2.4–4.5) | <0.001 | 2.8 (1.6–4.8) | <0.001 |
 ≥Secondary level | 227 (19.8) | 94 (41.4) | Reference |  | Reference | |
Antenatal care visits | ||||||
 Not attended | 697 (60.7) | 574 (82.4) | 7.8 (5.9–10.2) | <0.001 | 11.9 (7.8–18.1) | <0.001 |
 Attended | 452 (39.3) | 169 (37.4) | Reference |  | Reference |  |
Use bed nets | ||||||
 No | 1047 (91.1) | 702 (67.0) | 3.0 (1.9–4.5) | <0.001 | 1.3 (0.8– 2.4) | 0.228 |
 Yes | 102 (8.9) | 41 (40.2) | Reference |  | Reference |  |
Peripheral malaria | ||||||
 Positive | 434 (37.8) | 417 (96.1) | 29.2 (17.6–48.5) | <0.001 | 6.6 (3.4–12.5) | <0.001 |
 Negative | 715 (62.2) | 326 (45.6) | Reference |  | Reference |  |
Placental malaria | ||||||
 Positive | 677 (58.9) | 639 (94.4) | 59.5 (40.1–88.1) | <0.001 | 41.6 (23.3–74.4) | <0.001 |
 Negative | 472 (41.1) | 104 (22.0) | Reference |  | Reference |  |