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Table 3 Relationship between women infection and low birth weight without and with adjustment

From: Association of malaria and curable sexually transmitted infections with pregnancy outcomes in rural Burkina Faso

  

Low birth weight

 

n

%

OR (95%CI)

P-Value

Adj OR (95% CI)

P-Value

     

N=17467

 

Maternal infections

   

0.55

 

0.22

 Malaria and STI

280

12.9

1.23 (0.89 - 1.81)

 

1.15 (0.75 - 1.78)

 

 Malaria without STI

4420

10.6

1.03 (0.92 - 1.14)

 

0.91 (0.78 - 1.07)

 

 STI without malaria

542

9.8

0.93 (0.70 - 1.24)

 

0.74 (0.51 - 1.07)

 

 Neither malaria nor STI

21108

10.4

1

 

1

 

Age (yrs)

   

< 0.001

 

0.65

 < 20

4445

13.9

1.53 (1.39 - 1.70)

 

1.06 (0.94 - 1.20)

 

 20 - 34

14915

9.5

1

 

1

 

 ≥35

2495

8.9

0.92 (0.80 - 1.07)

 

1.02 (0.87 - 1.21)

 

Gravidity

   

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 Primigravidae

5772

21.1

3.74 (3.40 - 4.13)

 

3.53 (3.12 - 4.00)

 

 Secundigravidae

8654

8.1

1.23 (1.11 - 1.37)

 

1.19 (1.04 - 1.35)

 

 Multigravidae

11159

6.7

1

 

1

 

Mother’s BMI (kg/m2)

   

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 ≤ 20.0

1975

17.0

1.86 (1.64 - 2.11)

 

1.86 (1.60 - 2.17)

 

 > 20.0

24677

9.9

1

 

1

 

IPT-SP

   

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 None

2042

12.9

1.41 (1.22 - 1.64)

 

1.40 (1.19 - 1.64)

 

 1-2 doses

8839

10.2

1.08 (0.98 - 1.20)

 

1.08 (0.97 - 1.20)

 

 ≥ 3 doses

7433

9.5

1

 

1

 
  1. BMI Body mass index, IPT-SP intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, NI not included, Adj OR adjusted odd ratio
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