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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of pregnant women enrolled and followed-up in the study

From: Performance of ultra-sensitive malaria rapid diagnostic test to detect Plasmodium falciparum infection in pregnant women in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

 

All samples (N = 497)

Screening samples (N = 249)

Follow-up samples (N = 248)

Age (years): median (IQR)

25 (21–31)

25 (21–31)

25 (21–31)

Gestational age (weeks): median (IQR)

22.5 (18–34)

18 (17–20)

34 (32–37)

Gravidity: median (IQR)

2 (1–4)

2 (1–4)

–

Primigravida: (n (%))

–

94 (37.8%)

–

Secundigravida: (n (%))

–

52 (20.9%)

–

Multigravida: (n (%))

–

103 (41.4%)

–

Microscopy positive (n (%))

93 (18.7%)

84 (33.7%)

9 (3.6%)

Microscopy PD (p/µl): median (IQR)

2160 (740–5080)

1960 (730–5010)

4480 (1341–8800)

 < 200 (n (%))

6 (6.5%)

5 (6.0%)

1 (11.1%)

200–2000 (n (%))

39 (41.9%)

38 (45.2%)

1 (11.1%)

 > 2000 (n (%))

48 (51.6%)

41(48.8%)

7 (77.8%)

qPCR positive (n (%))

158

130 (52.2%)

28 (11.2%)

qPCR PD (p/µl): median (IQR)

292 (49.7–1137)

334 (66–1230)

99 (10–858)

 < 200 (n (%))

69 (43.7%)

53 (40.8%)

16 (57.1%)

200- 2000 (n (%))

68 (43.0%)

58 (44.6%)

10 (35.7%)

 > 2000 (n (%))

21 (13.3%)

19 (14.6%)

2 (7.1%)

  1. IQR (Interquartile); N (sample size); PD: parasite density; p/µl: parasite per microliter