Research Article
Malaria at Parturition in Nigeria: Current Status and Delivery Outcome
Table 4
Relationship between parasitaemia and anaemia in the mothers.
| Maternal parasitaemia | Anaemia | No anaemia | | | OR (95% CI) |
| Peripheral and placental blood | | | | | | Positive | 47 (25.8) | 135 (74.2) | 1875 | .0001 | 2.1 (1.4–2.9) | Negative | 244 (14.5) | 1439 (85.5) | | | |
| Peripheral blood | | | | | | Positive | 79 (24.8) | 240 (75.2) | 1875 | .0001 | 2.1 (1.5–2.8) | Negative | 212 (13.7) | 1334 (86.3) | | | |
| Placental blood | | | | | | Positive | 66 (24.7) | 201 (75.3) | 1875 | .0001 | 2.0 (1.5–2.7) | Negative | 225 (14.1) | 1373 (85.9) | | | |
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