Table 2 General characteristics of the 327 pregnant women included in the uRDT study
General characteristics | Proportion or mean (SD) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | |
Mean (SD) | 26.7 (5) |
< 23 | 61 (18.8) |
23–30 | 248 (76.3) |
> 30 | 16 (4.9) |
Ethnicity | |
Toffin | 73.1% |
Aizo | 13.6% |
Other | 13.3% |
Education level | |
Illiterate | 69.7% |
Socioeconomic levela | |
Low (1st tertile) | 111 (34.2) |
Medium (2nd tertile) | 134 (41.2) |
High (3rd tertile) | 80 (24.6) |
Gravidity | |
Primigravidae | 7.7% |
Secundigravidae | 15.4% |
Multigravidae | 76.9% |
HIV infection (n = 309) | 1.7% |
BMI (kg/m2)—WHO categories | |
< 8, 5 | 9.3% |
18, 5–24 | 66.7% |
≥ 25 | 24.0% |
Anaemia before conceptionb | 57.8% |
During pregnancy | |
Number of IPTp intakes | |
0 | 16% |
1 | 19% |
2 | 54% |
3 | 12% |
At least one microscopic malaria infection | |
During pregnancy | 40.0% |
1st trimester | 22.3% (71/319) |
2nd trimester | 17.3% (52/300) |
3rd trimester | 14.3% (39/272) |