Country, year of publication (ref) | Placental malaria exposure group (n) | Measure of association (95% CI), p-value | Confounders adjusted for |
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Clinical malaria | |||
 Boudova, 2017 [40] | Unexposed (184) | Reference | Maternal age, gestation age at delivery, IPTp arm |
Exposed (67) | OR = 3.9 (1.2–13.0), p = 0.03 | ||
 Boudova, 2017 [40] | Unexposed (184) | Reference | Unadjusted |
Exposed (67) | IRR = 2.3 (1.1–4.8), p = NR | ||
 Sylvester, 2016 [41] | Unexposed (165) | Reference | Gravity, season of birth, infant birth weight, maternal age |
Exposed (41) | OR = 4.79 (2.21–10.38), p < 0.05 | ||
 Awine, 2016 [19] | Unexposed (484) | Reference | ITN use, gender, social economic status, living near an irrigated area, infant age, maternal baseline parasitaemia |
Exposed (202) | IRR = 0.86 (0.54–1.37), p = 0.52 | ||
 Apinjoh, 2015 [36] | Unexposed (n = 237) | Reference | Not indicated |
Exposed (n = 166) | OR = 0.72 (0.40–1.28), p = 0.26 | ||
 Bardaji, 2011 [16] | Unexposed (424) | Reference | Residence near the lake, birth season |
Past infection (321) | OR = 3.06 (1.94–4.82), p < 0.001 | ||
Acute infection (42) | OR = 4.63 (2.10–10.24), p < 0.001 | ||
Chronic infection (82) | OR = 3.95 (2.07–10.24), p < 0.001 | ||
Prevalence of parasitaemia | |||
 Boudova, 2017 [40] | Unexposed (184) | Reference | Maternal age, gestation age at delivery, IPTp arm |
Exposed (67) | OR = 2.5 (1.0–6.3), p = 0.06 |