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Table 1 Demographics of participants

From: Clinical malaria among pregnant women on combined insecticide treated nets (ITNs) and intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in Yaounde, Cameroon

Variable

Cohort

   

Malaria n = 166

No malaria n = 166

OR

95% CI

P-value

Age

     

15-19

64

36

2.097

0.55-3.41

0.036

20-24

24

18

1.374

1.09-4.02

0.646

25-29

30

25

1.275

0.69-2.35

0.533

30-34

20

27

0.683

0.36-1.31

0.324

35-39

28

40

0.299

0.30-1.37

0.339

Level of education

     

Higher

16

21

0.704

0.32-1.52

0.489

Secondary

72

61

1.522

0.88-2.62

0.168

Primary

22

28

0.732

0.39-1.38

0.421

Marital status

Married

36

33

1.127

0.56-2.24

0.771

Single

74

77

0.881

0.50-1.56

 

Employment status

Employed

35

27

1.434

0.79-2.59

0.294

Unemployed

75

83

0.697

0.39-1.26

 

Parity

     

Primiparous

58

30

2.974

1.70-5.22

0.0002

Multiparous

52

80

0.336

0.10-0.59

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