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Table 3 Associated Conditions versus birth weight among pregnant women. N = 140

From: Predictors of birth weight in pregnant women with malaria: a prospective cohort facility-based study in Webuye-Kenya

Associated diseases

 

Birth weight

  

Overall, N = 130

Abnormal, n = 6

Normal, n = 124

Fisher’s exact p-value

RR 95%CI

Anaemia, n (%)

   

0.923

 

 Normal

89 (68.5)

4 (66.7)

85 (68.5)

  

 Abnormal

41 (31.5)

2 (33.3)

39 (31.5)

 

0.996 (0.917–1.081)

HIV infection, n (%)

   

> 0.99

 

 Non-reactive

125 (96.2)

6 (100.0)

119 (96.0)

  

 Reactive

5 (3.8)

0 (0.0)

5 (4.0)

  

Hypertension in pregnancy, n (%)

   

> 0.99

 

 Normal

125 (96.2)

6 (100.0)

119 (96.0)

  

 High

5 (3.8)

0 (0.0)

5 (4.0)

  

Gestational diabetes, n (%)

   

> 0.99

 

 Normal

128 (98.5)

6 (100.0)

122 (98.4)

  

 Gestational diabetes

2 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

2 (1.6)

  

Malaria test results, n (%)

   

> 0.969

0.999 (0.926–1.077)

 Negative

66 (50.8)

3 (50.0)

63 (50.8)

  

 Positive

64 (49.2)

3 (50.0)

61 (49.2)

  
  1. Relative risk equal to 1 means that there is no risk, above 1 means that the risk exists,and below one is protective