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Table 1 Effect of prenatal exposure to P. falciparum, gravidity, season of birth, birth weights and IPTp-SP on hyperparasitaemia: binary logistic regression (BLR)

From: Hyperparasitaemia during clinical malaria episodes in infants aged 0–24 months and its association with in utero exposure to Plasmodium falciparum

Factors

OR (CI 95%)

P value

Non exposure to P. falciparum

1 (–)

Exposure to P. falciparum

7.04 (2.31–21.74)

< 0.01

Gravidity

 Primigravida

1 (–)

 Multigravida

1.97 (0.717–5.125)

0.195

Season of birth

 Dry season

1 (–)

 Wet season

0.994 (0.280–1.803)

0.992

Gender

 Males

1 (–)

 Female

1.803 (0.673–4.831)

0.241

Birth weight

 (≥ 2.5 kg)

1 (–)

 (≤ 2.5 kg)

2.267 (0.637–8.072)

0.207

IPTp-sp

 Use

1 (–)

 Non use

0.711 (0.043–11.865)

0.812

  1. The weight ≤ 2.5 kg was considered underweight while ≥ 2.5 was considered normal weight
  2. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, IPTp-SP intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine pyrimethamine. BLR binary logistic regression