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Table 8 Birth weight and term of pregnancy according to malaria diagnosis

From: Intermittent preventive treatment and malaria amongst pregnant women who give birth at the Centre Hospitalier Régional Paul Moukambi de Koula-Moutou in southeastern Gabon

 

n

Plasmodial infection

n (%)

OR

(95% CI)

p-value

Birth weight

 LBW

50

6 (12.00)

9.07 (2.06–45.49)

 < 0.001

 Normal

273

4 (1.47)

  

Term of pregnancy

 Pre-term

46

9 (19.56)

65.65 (8.68–2,899.94)

 < 0.001

 Term

277

1 (00.37)

  
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