Predictors of placental malaria in Upper West Regional Hospital-Ghana

Table 5 Multivariable analysis of factors associated with placental malaria

Characteristics	aOR	95 %CI	p-value
Gravidity
Primigravida	3.48	1.01–12.01	0.049*
Multigravida¹
ANC visits
< 4 attendance	9.78	2.89–33.11	< 0.0001*
≥ 4 attendance¹
IPT-SP
< 3 doses	1.22	0.35–4.29	0.758
≥ 3 doses¹
Ethnicity
Frafra/Kasena/builsa	2.85	0.18–45.71	0.460
Dagaare/wala/sisala¹
Marital status
Not Married	2.28	0.42–12.22	0.337
Married¹
Maternal age
≤ 20 years	1.01	0.22–4.59	0.988
> 20 years¹
Malaria in index pregnancy
Yes	1.64	0.47–5.69	0.436
No
Hypertension status
Hypertension	2.85	0.30–26.79	0.360
Normotension
IRS
No	1.86	0.49–7.11	0.362
Yes

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