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Table 3 Risk factors associated with malaria among pregnant women attending ANC in Bobo-Dioulasso

From: Prevalence and risk factors for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)

Potential factors

Malaria

Crude OR

Adjusted OR

P

[95% IC]

[95% IC]

Age

    

≥ 20 years

17.0 (80/471)

1

1

-

< 20 years

23.1 (25/108)

1.5 [0.9-2.4]*

1.6 [0.8-3.2]

0.2

Education

    

Formal schooling

19.8 (70/353)

1

1

-

No formal schooling

15.6 (35/225)

1.3 [0.9-2.1]*

1.9 [1.2-3.2]

0.01

Gestational age

    

3rd trimester

11.4 (22/193)

1

1

-

2nd trimester

19.7 (37/193)

1.8 [1.04-3.3]

0.7 [0.3-1.5]

0.4

1st trimester

23.8 (46/193)

2.4 [1.4-4.23]

0.8 [0.3-1.9]

0.6

Parity

    

Multigravidae

11.2 (29/259)

1

1

1

Secundigravidae

18.0 (27/150)

1.7 [0.9-3.1]

2.1 [1.2-3.8]

0.02

Primigravidae

28.8 (49/170)

3.2 [1.9-5.3]

5.0 [2.5-9.8]

<0.001

ANC visits

    

0-1

22.3 (92/412)

1

1

1

2

4.6 (5/108)

0.2 [0.1-0.4]

0.3 [0.1-1.0]

0.05

≥ 3

13.6 (8/59)

0.5 [0.2-1.2]

1.3 [0.3-5.2]

0.7

IPTp-SP dose

    

0

23.4 (83/352)

1

1

-

1

11.3 (14/124)

0.4 [0.2-0.8]

0.5 [0.2-1.2]

0.1

≥ 2

7.8 (8/103)

0.3 [0.1-0.6]

0.3 [0.1-1.5]

0.1

ITN

    

No

20.9 (64/307)

1

1

1

Yes

14.8 (40/271)

0.7 [0.4-1.0]

0.8 [0.5-1.5]

0.4

Anaemia

    

No

12.5 (29/231)

1

1

1

Yes

21.7 (76/346)

2.0 [1.2-3.1]

2.1 [1.3-3.5]

0.003

  1. *P value =0.2.