Table 4 Analysis of obstetric and health service factors associated with placental malaria
From: Predictors of placental malaria in Upper West Regional Hospital-Ghana
Characteristics | Placenta malaria | Crude OR (95 %CI) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | |||
IPT-SP | ||||
< 3 doses | 134(48.03) | 16(76.19) | 3.46(1.23–9.71) | 0.018* |
≥ 3 dosesa | 145(51.97) | 5(23.81) | 1 | |
Gravidity | ||||
Primigravida | 74(26.52) | 13(61.90) | 4.5(1.79–11.29) | < 0.0001* |
Multigravidaa | 205(73.48) | 8(38.10) | 1 | |
ITN use | ||||
No | 110(39.43) | 12(57.14) | 2.04(0.84–5.02) | 0.117 |
Usagea | 169(60.57) | 9(42.86) | 1 | |
IRS | ||||
Not expose | 50(17.92) | 12(57.14) | 6.1(2.44–15.27) | < 0.0001* |
Exposea | 229(82.08) | 9(42.86) | 1 | |
HIV status | ||||
Negative | 273(97.85) | 20(95.24) | 0.43(0.05–3.83) | 0.457 |
Positivea | 6(2.15) | 1(4.76) | 1 | |
ANC visits | ||||
< 4 visits | 23(8.24) | 13(61.90) | 18.08(6.79–48.13) | < 0.0001* |
≥ 4 visitsa | 256(91.76) | 8(38.1) | 1 | |
Malaria in index pregnancy | ||||
No | 174(62.37) | 6(28.57) | 1 | |
Yes | 105(37.63) | 15(71.43) | 4.1(1.56–11.01) | 0.004* |
Hypertension | ||||
Normotension | 275(98.57) | 17(80.95) | 1 | |
Hypertension | 4(1.43) | 3(19.05) | 12.1(2.51–58.61) | 0.002* |