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Table 3 Association between parasitic infections with pregnancy outcomes and complications

From: Prevalence of parasitic infections and associations with pregnancy complications and outcomes in northern Tanzania: a registry-based cross-sectional study

 

Adverse pregnancy outcomes and maternal anemia

 

OR (95 % CI)

Parasitic infections

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 5

 

Preterm birth

Low birth weight

Perinatal death

Birth defect

Anemia

Malaria

2.51 (2.43–2.72)

1.10 (0.94–1.13)

1.03 (0.91–1.21)

1.42 (0.71–2.83)

1.51 (1.21–1.83)

Malariaa

1.12 (1.01–1.26)

1.05 (0.95–1.17)

1.04 (0.86–1.24)

1.49 (0.73–3.02)

1.33 (1.07–1.66)

Helminths

0.95 (0.59–1.54)

1.15 (0.72–1.86)

1.33 (0.65–2.71)

0.94 (0.11–7.88)

1.67 (0.68–4.07)

Helminthsa

0.71 (0.42–1.19)

1.07 (0.62–1.84)

0.70 (0.26–1.91)

(-)

1.29 (0.48–3.53)

Amebiasis

1.54 (1.05–2.25)

1.21 (0.72–2.01)

0.72 (0.31–1.74)

3.21 (0.42–23.13)

0.62 (0.12–2.34)

Amebiasisa

1.79 (1.12–2.86)

0.26 (0.15–0.47)

0.25 (0.12–0.64)

1.37 (0.13–14.13

0.41 (0.09–1.77)

  1. aAdjusted for maternal age, parity, antenatal care visits maternal education, maternal occupation, area of residence, marital status. (-): The adjusted odds ratio for the association between helminths infection and birth defect was not computed because of fewer cases of birth defect among women who had helminths infection
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