Table 1 General characteristics of the enrolled (N = 874) and infected (N = 145) pregnant women at GA ≥ 36 weeks in the Mount Cameroon area
Variable | Category | All n (%) | Infected n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age group (years) | Less than 21 | 153 (17.5) | 32 (22.0) |
21 to 24 | 284 (32.5) | 51 (35.2) | |
Greater than 25 | 437 (50) | 62 (42.8) | |
Seasonal status | Dry season | 397 (45.4) | 49 (66.2) |
Rainy season | 477 (54.6) | 96 (33.8) | |
Study area status | Semi-rural | 441 (50.5) | 66 (45.5) |
Semi-urban/urbanized | 433 (49.5) | 79 (54.5) | |
Gravidity status | Primigravid | 279 (31.9) | 63 (43.4) |
Secundigravid | 220 (25.2) | 41 (28.3) | |
Multigravida | 375 (42.9) | 41 (28.3) | |
Marital status | Single | 271 (31) | 45 (31) |
Married | 603 (69) | 100 (69) | |
Educational status | At least primary | 305 (34.9) | 45 (31) |
Secondary | 463 (53) | 80 (55.2) | |
Tertiary | 106 (12.1) | 20 (13.8) | |
Occupational status | Business | 236 (27) | 43 (29.7) |
Civil servant | 131 (15) | 20 (13.8) | |
Farmer | 103 (11.8) | 15 (10.3) | |
Housewife | 178 (20.4) | 29 (20) | |
Student | 226 (25.9) | 38 (26.2) | |
ANC status | Less than 4 ANC | 321 (36.7) | 50 (34.5) |
4 and more ANC | 553 (63.3) | 95 (65.5) | |
IPTp-SP status | Zero and one dose | 219 (25.1) | 39 (26.9) |
Two doses | 326 (37.3) | 50 (34.5) | |
Three and more doses | 329 (37.6) | 56 (38.6) | |
ITN status | Yes | 696 (79.6) | 111 (76.6) |
No | 178 (20.4) | 34 (23.4) | |
ITN usage status | Yes | 522 (59.7) | 83 (57.2) |
No | 174 (19.9) | 28 (19.3) | |
No ITN | 178 (20.4) | 34 (23.4) | |
Fever history | Yes | 395 (45.2) | 63 (43.4) |
No | 479 (54.8) | 82 (56.6) | |
Febrile status | Febrile | 55 (6.3) | 12 (8.3) |
Afebrile | 819 (93.7) | 133 (91.7) | |
Anaemic status | Anaemic | 509 (58.5) | 100 (69) |
Non-anaemic | 361 (41.5) | 45 (31) |