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Table 2 Association between assigned cook stove, prenatal CO exposure and placental malaria

From: Association between malaria and household air pollution interventions in a predominantly rural area of Ghana

Variable

Placental malaria

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

p-value

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

p-value

Yes (N = 294) n (%)

No (N = 899) n (%)

Study intervention

 Control stove

103 (24.12)

324 (75.88)

referent

 

referent

 

 Biolite

105 (23.97)

333 (76.03)

0.99 (0.73–1.35)

0.959

1.01(0.71–1.45)

0.942

 LPG

86 (26.22)

242 (73.78)

1.12 (0.80–1.56)

0.510

0.88 (0.59–1.30)

0.521

Prenatal CO/ppm exposure

 Participants with data

289 (98.29)

893 (99.33)

0.94 (0.83–1.07)

0.359

1.00 (0.87–1.15)

0.965

  1. The adjusted analysis includes maternal age, wealth index, nulliparity, and receipt of IPTp, use of ITNs, marital status, and malaria transmission season at delivery