Variables | Total N (%) | Placental malaria N (%) | P value | Peripheral blood film N (%) | P value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | ||||
Parity | |||||||
 Primigravidae | 40 (17.4) | 2 (22.2) | 38 (17.2) | 0.73 | 5 (14.3) | 35 (18) | 0.7 |
 Primipara | 23 (10) | 1 (11.1) | 22 (10) | 4 (11.4) | 19 (9.7) | ||
 Secondgravida | 75 (32.5) | 4 (44.4) | 71 (32.1) | 14 (40) | 61 (31.3) | ||
 Multigravida | 92 (40) | 2 (22.2) | 90 (40.7) | 12 (34.3) | 80 (41) | ||
Mean birth weight in kg (SD)a | – | 2.2 (0.2) | 3.4 (0.4) | 0.04 | 3.2 (0.5) | 3.4 (0.5) | 0.015 |
Birth weight (kg) | |||||||
 < 2.5 | 17 (7.4) | 6 (66.7) | 11 (5) | <0.001 | 7 (20) | 10 (5.1) | 0.002 |
 ≥ 2.5 | 213 (92.6) | 3 (33.3) | 210 (95) | 28 (80) | 185 (94.9) | ||
Maternal HCT (%) | |||||||
 ≥ 33 | 97 (42.2) | 1 (11.1) | 96 (43.4) | 0.05 | 11 (31.4) | 86 (44.1) | 0.1 |
 < 33 | 133 (57.8) | 8 (88.9) | 125 (56.6) | 24 (68.6) | 109 (55.9) | ||
Total | 230 | 9 (3.9) | 221 (96.1) | 35 (15.2) | 195 (84.8) |