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Table 4 Mean multiplicity of infection as the function infection phenotype

From: Plasmodium falciparum multiplicity of infection and pregnancy outcomes in Congolese women from southern Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

 

Microscopic infection

Submicroscopic infection

P-value

 

n

Per

n

Pla

n

Per

n

Pla

n

Cord

a

b

Age group

 ≤ 20

4

2.25 ± 0.50

5

1.80 ± 0.83

39

1.46 ± 0.85

16

1.25 ± 0.77

8

1.13 ± 0.35

0.07

0.18

 21–30

16

1.44 ± 0.63

17

1.29 ± 0.58

104

1.56 ± 0.80

46

1.54 ± 0.78

18

1.11 ± 032

0.56

0.23

 > 30

2

2.5 ± 0.50

1

 

53

1.50 ± 0.74

23

1.34 ± 0.71

5

1.12 ± 0.44

NA

NA

 P value

 

NA

 

NA

 

0.80

 

0.34

 

0.88

  

Gravidity

            

 1–2

12

1.75 ± 0.62

14

1.43 ± 0.64

78

1.59 ± 0.90

36

1.50 ± 0.81

15

1.17 ± 0.39

0.55

0.77

  > 2

10

1.60 ± 0.84

9

1.44 ± 0.72

118

1.40 ± 0.71

49

1.39 ± 0.73

19

1.11 ± 0.31

0.62

0.83

 P value

 

0.63

 

0.96

 

0.36

 

0.50

 

0.63

  

SP

            

 0–1 dose

14

1.79 ± 0.21

15

1.40 ± 0.16

82

1.54 ± 0.09

41

1.5 ± 0.14

17

1.12 ± 0.08

0.29

0.66

 2–3 doses

8

1.50 ± 0.18

8

1.50 ± 0.27

114

1.52 ± 0.07

44

1.36 ± 0.58

2

1.0 ± 0.0

0.95

0.58

 P value

 

0.38

 

0.74

 

0.86

 

0.37

    

 ITN usage

15

1.67 ± 0.21

14

1.29 ± 0.16

125

1.48 ± 0.06

53

1.43 ± 0.10

23

1.17 ± 0.08

0.35

0.48

 No ITN

7

1.71 ± 0.18

9

1.67 ± 0.24

71

1.60 ± 0.10

32

1.44 ± 0.15

8

1.0 ± 0.0

0.75

0.46

P value

 

0.89

 

0.18

 

0.29

 

0.98

    

 Anaemia

11

2.00 ± 0.23

12

1.42 ± 0.19

71

1.66 ± 0.11

29

1.38 ± 0.13

12

1.17 ± 0.11

0.27

0.87

 No anaemia

11

1.36 ± 0.15

11

1.45 ± 0.21

125

1.45 ± 0.06

56

1.46 ± 0.11

19

1.10 ± 0.07

0.68

0.97

 P value

 

0.03

 

0.89

 

0.06

 

0.63

 

0.63

  

 LBW

2

2.00 ± 1.00

1

 

14

1.57 ± 0.27

8

1.50 ± 0.38

2

1.00 ± 0.0

NA

NA

 No LBW

20

1.65 ± 0.15

22

1.46 ± 0.14

182

1.52 ± 0.06

77

1.43 ± 0.08

29

 

0.48

0.88

 P value

 

NA

 

NA

 

0.82

 

0.80

 

NA

  

 PTD

5

1.80 ± 0.44

6

1.17 ± 0.78

33

1.49 ± 0.15

18

1.22 ± 0.10

4

1.0 ± 0.0

0.44

0.78

 No PTD

17

1.40 ± 0.19

17

1.53 ± 0.17

163

1.53 ± 0.06

67

1.49 ± 0.10

27

1.15 ± 0.09

0.48

0.86

 P value

 

0.37

 

0.26

 

0.75

 

0.18

 

0.62

  
  1. NA: non-applicable; Per: peripheral blood, Pla: Placental blood, Cord: Cord blood; SP: Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, ITN: insecticide-treated net; LBW: low birth weight; PTD: preterm delivery; a, b: significance of differences in the multiplicity of the infection in peripheral, and placenta blood respectively between women with microscopic and submicroscopic malaria infection
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