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Risk factors for placental parasitaemia at delivery |
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| Variable |
At risk of placenta parasitaemia (n) |
Univariate analysis odds ratio (95% CI) |
LR (p-value) |
Multivariate analysis odds ratio (95% CI) |
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| Age |
413 |
1.08 (0.99 – 1.19) |
0.09 |
1.07 (0.97 – 1.17) |
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| Patient's home: |
0.31 |
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| Ifakara & vicinity |
307 |
1 |
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| Beyond Ifakara |
106 |
1.50 (0.70 – 3.21) |
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| Parity: |
0.20 |
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| Secundigravid |
157 |
1 |
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| Primigravid |
256 |
0.63 (0.31 – 1.28) |
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| Use of bednet: |
0.09 |
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| Never used |
37 |
1 |
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| Untreated |
280 |
0.73 (0.2 – 2.6) |
0.74 (0.21 – 2.68) |
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| Treated bednet |
96 |
1.78 (0.5 – 6.6) |
1.64 (0.44 – 6.19) |
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| Report of self-medication: |
0.28 |
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| Never used |
236 |
1 |
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| Antimalarial |
103 |
1.41 (0.59 – 3.34) |
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| Other forms |
74 |
2.04 (0.85 – 4.88) |
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| Reported fever episode: |
0.31 |
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| Never reported |
235 |
1 |
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| Reported |
178 |
1.45 (0.71 – 2.95) |
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| Incidence of birth weight |
(n = 404) |
0.31 |
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| Normal BW |
344 |
1 |
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| LBW |
60 |
1.62 (0.67 – 3.91) |
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¶-N = 33 cases of placenta parasitaemia LR-likelihood ratio | ||||
Kabanywanyi et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:133 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-133 |
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