Table 1 |
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Maternal and infant's characteristics |
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| Attribute |
Overall |
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| Age mean (SD), years |
20.3 (3.6) |
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| Patient's village of residence: |
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| Ifakara & its vicinity No. (%) |
307 (74.3) |
| Beyond Ifakara region No. (%) |
106 (25.7) |
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| Reported to have slept under bed-net at home the night prior to admission for delivery: |
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| Untreated No. (%) |
280 (67.8) |
| Treated No. (%) |
96 (23.2) |
| Total No. (%) |
376 (91.0) |
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| Reported fever episode No. (%) |
178 (43) |
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| With placenta parasitaemia No. (%) |
33 (8) |
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| Geometric (95% CI) mean placenta parasitaemia: |
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| Primigravid mean parasites/μl |
3,457 (1,060–11,271) |
| Secundigravid mean parasites/μl |
2,178 (881–5,383) |
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| Total number of newborn: |
416 |
| Alive singletons No. (%) |
408 (98.1) |
| Alive twins No. (%) |
6 (1.4) |
| Stillbirths No. (%) |
2 (0.5) |
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| Neonatal birth weight: |
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| No. (singleton including stillbirths) |
404 |
| Birth weight mean (SD), g |
2,881 (445) |
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| Neonates sex |
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| Male No. (%) |
213 (51.2) |
| Female No. (%) |
203 (48.8) |
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| Incidence of LBW: |
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| Birth weight <2500 g No. (%) |
60 (14.9) |
| Male |
29 (48.3) |
| Female |
31 (51.7) |
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Kabanywanyi et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:133 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-133 |
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