Table 4 Factors associated with malaria among parturient women in Jawi district, northwest Ethiopia, 2022

Age category

 < 20 years

12 (25.0)

2.2 [1.1,4.4]

0.029

1.29 [0.55, 3.01]

 ≥ 20 years

63 (13.2)

1

1

Educational status

Illiterate

49 (19.5)

2.32 [1.4,3.9]

0.001

2.03 [1.11, 3.74]

Literate

26 (9.5)

1

1

Residence area

Urban

29 (10.6)

1

1

Rural

46 (18.2)

1.9 [1.1, 3.1]

0.014

1.12 [0.63, 2.02]

Gravidity

Primigravida

28 (19.9)

1.8 [1.1, 3.0]

0.028

1.88 [1.01, 3.49]

Multigravida

47 (12.2)

1

1

Slept under ITN the night before survey

No

62 (16.8)

2.2 [1.2, 4.2]

0.012

1.82 [0.93, 3.57]

Yes

13 (8.3)

1

1

House spray

Yes

36 (12.8)

1

No

39 (16.0)

1.3 [0.8, 2.1]

0.293

Stagnant water

No

12 (20.7)

1.7 [0.8, 3,3]

0.141

Yes

63 (13.5)

1

History of Malaria in pregnancy

No

28 (38.4)

5.4 [3.1, 9.4]

0.001

4.2 [2.32, 7.59]

Yes

47 (10.4)

1

1

ANC follow up

No

39 (20.4)

3.3 [1.6, 6.8]

0.002

2.28 [1.04, 5.03]

Partial (≤ 3)

26 (13.1)

1.9 [0.9, 4.1]

0.095

1.41 [0.62, 3.21]

Full (4)

10 (7.3)

1

1

MUAC

 < 23

45 (23.6)

2.4 [1.5, 4.1]

0.001

1.65 [0.94, 2.92]

 ≥ 23

30 (11.3)

1

1

ABO blood group

Non-O

39 (12.5)

1

O

36 (16.7)

1.4 [0.9, 2.3]

0.177