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Table 5 Placental malaria and malaria preventive/treatment variables

From: Relationship between placenta malaria and mother to child transmission of HIV infection in pregnant women in South East Nigeria

Factors

Placental malaria (%)

χ2-value

P-value

0–5000

> 5000

Use of ITN

7.67

0.01*

 Yes

120 (80.0)

13 (54.17)

7

 

 No

30 (20.0)

11 (45.83)

  

IPT dose

8.39

0.04*

 0

1 (0.67)

0

  

 1

6 (4.0)

1 (4.17)

  

 2

104 (69.33)

23 (95.83)

  

 3

39 (26.0)

0

  

Treatment of malaria

144.30

< 0.01*

 Yes

145 (97.32)

24 (100)

144.30

 

 No

4 (2.68)

0

  
  1. * Statistically significant