Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study participants
Variables | Categories | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Age groups (279) | ≤ 20 | 80 | 28.7 |
21–25 | 95 | 34.1 | |
25 | 104 | 37.3 | |
Gravidity groups (276) | Primigravidae | 74 | 26.8 |
Secundigravidae | 94 | 34.1 | |
Multigravidae | 108 | 39.1 | |
Trimester of first ANC (277) | First | 9 | 3.2 |
Second | 152 | 54.9 | |
Third | 116 | 41.9 |
N | Mean ± SD | Interquartile range | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hb levels (µg/dl) | 279 | 10.7 ± 1.6 | 9.7 | 11.9 |
Hct | 279 | 32.8 ± 4.5 | 30 | 35.3 |
MCV (fl) | 279 | 85.8 ± 7.8 | 82 | 90 |
MCH | 279 | 27.8 ± 3.1 | 26 | 30 |
MCHC | 279 | 32.4 ± 1.7 | 31.4 | 33.6 |
RBCs × 1012/l | 279 | 3.9 ± 0.6 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
RDW-CV (%) | 279 | 15.6 ± 2.3 | 14.1 | 16.4 |
Geometric mean parasite density (µl) (GMPD) | 61 | 533.1 | 29.6 | 18,570.6 |
n | % | |
|---|---|---|
Anaemia prevalence | 159 | 57 |
Anaemia severity | ||
Severe | 4 | 1.4 |
Moderate | 83 | 29.7 |
Mild | 72 | 25.8 |
Microcytosis | 41 | 14.7 |
Macrocytosis | 3 | 1.1 |
Hypochromasia | 91 | 32.6 |
Malaria parasite infection (N = 279) | 61 | 21.9 |
Malaria prevalence (N = 238) | 36 | 15.1 |