From: Malaria in pregnancy complications in Southern Venezuela
Characteristics | Total, n = 52 | P. vivax, n = 37 | P. falciparum, n = 6 | Mixed infection, n = 9 | p-valuea | |
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Median (min–max) | ||||||
Age (years) | 22 (15–39) | 20 (15–39) | 29 (20–31) | 25 (17–39) | 0.07 | |
Number of pregnancies | 3 (1–12) | 2 (1–8) | 4 (1–5) | 3 (1–12) | 0.006b | |
Gestational age (weeks) | 31 (8–40) | 31 (8–40) | 32 (16–40) | 27 (8–40) | 0.85 | |
Number of controls | 4 (0–9) | 4 (0–9) | 4 (0–6) | 3 (0–8) | 0.87 | |
Previous malaria (number of episodes)c | 2 (1–33) | 2 (1–30) | 3 (1–33) | 2 (1–30) | 0.96c |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p-valued | ||
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Occupation | ||||||
Housewife | 35 (67.3) | 27 (73) | 3 (50) | 5 (55.6) | 0.4 | |
Merchant | 6 (11.5) | 3 (8.1) | 1 (16.7) | 2 (22.2) | 0.27 | |
Mineworker | 6 (11.5) | 4 (10.8) | 2 (33.3) | – | 0.14 |