Malaria Burden in Pregnancy at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda

Table 3

Risk factors associated with placental malaria.

Factor level	Risk factor	Crude OR	Adjusted OR	(95% CI)	P-value
Background	Age (continuous per year)	0.95 ∗	0.95	(0.89–1.00)	.066
	District of residence
	Kampala	1.0	1.0
	Wakiso	1.18	1.4	(0.74–2.60)	.31
	Other	1.80	1.9	(0.79–4.74)	.15
	Education (continuous per level)	0.79	0.75	(0.48–1.17)	.21
Intermediate	Gravidity
	G1	1.0	1.0
	G2-3	0.81	1.0	(0.54–2.07)	.88
	≥G4	0.38∗	0.72	(0.21–2.50)	.61
Proximate	Received IPT
	None	1.0	1.0
	1 dose of SP	0.93	1.11	(0.60–2.07)	.73
	2 doses of SP	0.55	0.49	(0.16–1.49)	.21
	Used bednet	0.56 ∗	0.56	(0.31–0.99)	.046

∗Significant associations (𝑃<.05).