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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants by infection status during pregnancy

From: Relationships between infection with Plasmodium falciparum during pregnancy, measures of placental malaria, and adverse birth outcomes

Characteristic

Malaria infection status during pregnancy

p value

None (n = 52)

Low (n = 157)

High (n = 73)

Age at enrollment in years, mean (SD)

23.5 (4.1)

22.1 (3.8)

21.0 (4.2)

0.989

Gestational age at enrollment in weeks, mean

15.6 (2.2)

15.2 (2.0)

15.5 (1.9)

0.857

Primigravida, n (%)

11 (21.2%)

55 (35.0%)

34 (46.6%)

0.043

Bed net ownership at enrollment, n (%)

 None

2 (3.9%)

20 (12.7%)

8 (11.0%)

 

 Untreated net

4 (7.7%)

2 (1.3%)

2 (2.7%)

0.071

 LLIN

46 (88.5%)

135 (86.0%)

63 (86.3%)

 

Household wealth index, n (%)

 Lowest tertile

13 (25.0%)

54 (34.4%)

29 (39.7%)

 

 Middle tertile

12 (23.1%)

57 (36.3%)

24 (32.9%)

0.026

 Highest tertile

27 (51.9%)

46 (29.3%)

20 (27.4%)

 

IPTp treatment arm, n (%)

 SP every 8 weeks

7 (13.5%)

40 (25.5%)

51 (69.9%)

 

 DP every 8 weeks

18 (34.6%)

53 (33.8%)

17 (23.3%)

< 0.001

 DP every 4 weeks

27 (51.9%)

64 (40.8%)

5 (6.9%)

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