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Table 6 Intervention effect on anaemia, malaria parasitaemia, low birth weight and sub optimal pregnancy outcomes

From: Effectiveness of pregnant women’s active participation in their antenatal care for the control of malaria and anaemia in pregnancy in Ghana: a cluster randomized controlled trial

 

Clusters

Risk (%)

95% confidence interval

Unadjusted risk ratio

95% confidence interval

p-value

Adjusted risk ratioa

95% confidence interval

p-value

Anaemia at 4–8 weeks after enrolment

 Control

7

48.39

33.33–70.00

      

 Intervention

7

48.04

36.74–62.63

0.99

0.73–1.34

0.96

0.97

0.78–1.22

0.79

Anaemia prior to delivery

 Control

7

50.25

22.73–78.95

      

 Intervention

7

47.40

20.41–65.38

0.94

0.60–1.49

0.78

0.92

0.63–1.34

0.62

Malaria at 4–8 weeks after enrolment

 Control

7

6.43

1.67–12.82

      

 Intervention

7

6.73

2.60–11.50

1.05

0.58–1.89

0.86

1.17

0.68–2.04

0.51

Malaria prior to delivery

 Control

7

5.91

0.00–15.00

      

 Intervention

7

4.34

0.00–7.690

0.73

0.24–2.26

0.59

0.83

0.27–2.57

0.73

Low birth weight

 Control

7

13.18

5.41–31.48

      

 Intervention

7

10.81

2.44–19.74

0.82

0.38–1.78

0.59

0.93

0.44–1.97

0.84

Suboptimal pregnancy outcome

 Control

7

8.35

0.00–39.22

      

 Intervention

7

6.32

0.00–10.53

0.76

0.16–3.48

0.72

0.77

0.17–3.52

0.73

  1. aRisk ratios adjusted for baseline parasitaemia, anaemia, gestation at enrolment, age, educational level, ITN use, IPT-SP served and parity