Table 6 Malarial preventive measures and pregnancy outcomes (low birthweight and preterm delivery)

Insecticide space spray

27/227

11.9

1.57

0.95, 2.60

1.55

0.90, 2.67

54/227

23.8

1.46

1.01, 2.13

1.71

1.15, 2.56

Mosquito coils

42/463

9.1

1.01

0.62, 1.65

1.27

0.73, 2.20

85/463

18.4

0.86

0.60, 1.22

1.08

0.73, 1.59

Window nets

10/127

7.9

0.84

0.42, 1.68

0.63

0.30, 1.34

21/127

16.5

0.80

0.48, 1.32

0.64

0.38, 1.10

Bed nets

49/515

9.5

1.18

0.70, 1.98

1.23

0.67, 2.25

107/515

20.8

1.31

0.89, 1.91

1.27

0.83, 1.97

Insecticide treated bednets

59/636

9.3

1.16

0.62, 2.16

0.90

0.42, 1.94

131/636

20.6

1.55

0.96, 2.50

1.46

0.82, 2.60

Mosquito repellent creams

63/683

9.2

1.17

0.57, 2.43

1.34

0.59, 3.03

127/683

18.6

0.73

0.45, 1.17

0.59

0.35, 1.02

Weekly pyrimethamine

53/609

8.7

0.84

0.49, 1.46

0.79

0.44, 1.44

108/609

17.7

0.66

0.45, 0.98

0.72

0.47, 1.10

Intermittent chloroquine

63/720

8.7

0.71

0.34, 1.50

0.59

0.26, 1.31

141/720

19.6

1.18

0.63, 2.20

1.23

0.63, 2.42

Intermittent SP

68/649

10.5

4.18

1.50, 11.66

2.27

0.98, 5.28

138/649

21.3

2.21

1.27, 3.84

1.93

1.08, 3.44

Traditional herbs

50/623

8.0

0.60

0.35, 1.01

0.60

0.33, 1.08

106/623

17.0

0.53

0.36, 0.79

0.55

0.36, 0.85