Risk factors and pregnancy outcomes associated with placental malaria in a prospective cohort of Papua New Guinean women

Table 4 Association between placental malaria infection stages with birth outcomes at delivery, adjusted for confounding variables

	Hb level		Anaemia		Birth weight		LBW		GA		PTD
PM stages	ACoeff (95% CI)^a	p	AOR (95% CI)^a	p	ACoeff (95% CI)^a	p	AOR (95% CI)^a	p	ACoeff (95% CI)^a	p	AOR (95% CI)^a	p
Acute	0.15 (− 0.34–0.64)	0.560	0.61 (0.33–1.10)	0.091	− 188.98 (− 323.33–54.64)	0.006	1.97 (0.98–3.95)	0.056	− 0.65 (− 5.02–3.71)	0.770	2.33 (0.86–6.35)	0.097
Chronic	− 0.87 (− 1.36–0.38)	0.001	2.22 (1.02–4.84)	0.045	− 63.64 (− 199.08–71.79)	0.357	1.22 (0.59–2.50)	0.589	− 3.39 (− 7.79–1.02)	0.132	3.92 (1.64–9.38)	0.002
Past	− 0.25 (− 0.56–0.05)	0.103	1.53 (0.89–2.38)	0.061	− 76.12 (− 159.07–6.84)	0.072	1.00 (0.61–1.63)	0.985	− 1.52 (− 4.27−1.23)	0.279	1.46 (0.71–3.03)	0.305
No	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF

Data are coefficients or odds ratios (95% confident interval) for multivariate linear and logistic regression models, p values are shown. p < 0.05 marked in italic
PM placental malaria, Hb haemoglobin, LBW low birth weight, GA gestational age, PTD preterm delivery, ACoeff adjusted coefficient or AOR adjusted odds ratio, REF reference group
^aVariables included in multivariate analyses are placental malaria infection stages, gravidity, place of residence, maternal age, clinical malaria, maternal mid-upper arm circumference and weight

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