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Table 3 Risks factors associated with P. falciparum parasitaemia and malaria among pregnant women at first antenatal clinic visit in the study area

From: Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia and malaria among pregnant women at first clinic visit in the mount Cameroon Area

Factor

Category

P. falciparum parasitaemia

Malaria

aOR (95 % CI)

*P-value

aOR (95 % CI)

*P-value

Age group (years)

≤20

1.5 (0.5 – 4.5)

0.50

1.0 (0.2 – 4.0)

0.957

21–25

0.7 (0.3 – 2.1)

0.575

0.5 (0.1 – 2.0)

0.332

>25

R

 

R

 

Gravidity status

Primigravid

1.2 (0.4 – 4.0)

0.719

2.8 (0.7 – 11.3)

0.158

Secundigravid

1.0 (0.4 – 2.7)

0.978

0.7 (0.2 – 2.5)

0.595

Multigravid

R

 

R

 

Marital status

Single

2.6 (1.1 -6.0)

0.032

1.9 (0.6 – 5.9)

0.254

Married

R

 

R

 

Trimester at first visit

First

1.8 (0.4 – 8.8)

0.479

2.4 (0.4 – 14.6)

0.331

Second

0.9 (0.4 – 1.9)

0.717

0.7 (0.3 – 2.0)

0.542

Third

R

 

R

 

Knowledge on MiP

Yes

0.6 (0.3 – 1.4)

0.244

0.3 (0.1 – 0.9)

0.037

No

R

   

House surrounding

Vegetation/standing water

3.3 (1.6 – 7.0)

0.002

5.2 (2.0 – 14.0)

0.001

Absence

R

 

R

 

IPTp-SP uptake

Yes

2.0 (0.7 – 5.7)

0.222

4.6 (1.3 – 16.4)

0.019

No

R

 

R

 

ITN usage

Yes

1.1 (0.5 – 2.2)

0.862

1.2 (0.4 – 3.0)

0.785

χ2; P-value

R

   
  1. R = Redundant
  2. *Significance level obtained by multinomial logistic regression analysis
  3. aOdd ratio adjusted for all possible confounders