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Table 1 Distribution of social and clinical profile of infected and non-infected pregnant women participants attending Ikordu and Ijede General Hospital, Lagos State

From: Socio-economic behavioural indicators of falciparum malaria parasitaemia and moderate to severe anaemia among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria

Variable

Item

Freq. (%)

Mean (±sd) of age

Infected

Not infected

χ²

P-value

OR

95% CI

Freq.

%

Freq.

%

Age

All

113 (100.0)

30.0 (4.7)

22

19.5

91

80.5

-

-

-

-

≤ 20

4 (3.6)

18.5 (3.0)

1

25.0

3

3.3

0.00

1.00

1.40

0.14, 14.11

21.25

24 (21.2)

23.8 (1.2)

6

25.0

18

19.8

0.59

0.44

1.52

0.52, 4.44

26–30

36 (31.9)

28.1 (1.4)

9

25.0

27

29.7

1.02

0.31

1.64

0.63, 4.28

31–35

31 (27.4)

33.0 (1.4)

4

12.9

27

29.7

0.67

0.41

0.53

0.16, 1.70

> 35

18 (15.9)

39.3 (3.0)

2

11.1

16

17.6

0.42

0.51

0.47

0.10, 2.21

Education

No formal

5 (4.4)

36.6 (6.9)

2

4.0

3

3.3

0.37

0.54

2.9

0.46, 18.73

Primary

13 (11.5)

33.5 (6.9)

0

0.0

13

14.3

2.29

0.13

0.0

Undefined

Secondary

51 (45.1)

28.7 (59)

12

23.5

39

42.9

0.97

0.32

1.6

0.63, 4.08

Tertiary

44 (38.9)

29.6 (4.3)

8

18.2

36

39.6

0.08

0.78

0.87

0.33, 2.29

Occupation

House wives

11 (9.7)

25.8 (3.5)

1

9.1

10

11.0

0.26

0.61

0.39

0.05, 3.18

Labor work

6 (5.3)

30.7 (6.4)

1

18.5

5

5.5

0.00

1.00

0.82

0.09, 7.39

Office work

25 (22.1)

32.3 (5.1)

3

12.0

22

24.2

0.61

0.43

0.50

0.13, 1.83

Students

17 (15.0)

25.3 (4.0)

5

29.4

12

13.2

1.25

0.26

1.93

0.60, 6.22

Traders

54 (47.8)

31.1 (5.8)

12

22.2

42

46.1

0.50

0.48

1.40

0.55, 3.57

Trimester

First

19 (16.8)

28.6 (5.9)

3

15.8

16

17.6

0.02

0.90

0.74

0.19, 2.80

Second

54 (47.8)

30.2 (5.6)

8

14.8

46

50.5

1.42

0.23

0.56

0.21, 1.46

Third

40 (35.4)

30.3 (6.1)

11

27.5

29

31.9

2.52

0.11

2.14

0.83, 5.50

Gravidity

Primigravida

32 (28.3)

26.8 (5.2)

8

25.0

24

26.5

0.86

0.35

1.60

0.60, 4.28

Secundigravida

32 (28.3)

27.3 (3.7)

4

12.5

28

30.8

0.83

0.36

0.50

0.15, 1.61

Multigravida

49 (43.4)

33.7 (5.1)

10

20.4

39

42.9

0.05

0.83

1.11

0.44, 2.83

Anemia

None/Mild

33 (29.2)

30.3 (7.2)

3

9.0

30

33.0

2.33*

0.13

3.11

0.85, 11.36

Moderate/ Severe

80 (70.8)

29.8 (5.2)

19

23.8

61

67.0