Malarial Infection in HIV Infected Pregnant Women Attending a Rural Antenatal Clinic in Nigeria

Table 1

Univariate and multivariate analysis of malarial infection in relation to sociodemographic and obstetrical factors of HIV infected pregnant women attending a rural antenatal clinic in Nigeria.

	Malaria in HIV-infected pregnant women
Parameters	Examined	Positive (%)	𝜒^2	𝑃	AOR (95%, CI)	𝑃
Prevalence	159	53 (33.33)
Sociodemographic
Age			3.51	0.47	1.02 (0.60–1.74)	0.92
[16–20]	26	6 (23.07)
[21–25]	43	12 (27.90)
[26–30]	59	24 (40.67)
[31–35]	24	8 (33.33)
[36–40]	7	3 (42.85)
Education			0.50	0.91	1.04 (0.51–2.14)	0.00
No formal education	24	9 (37.50)
Primary	84	27 (32.14)
Secondary	51	17 (33.33)
Occupation			3.08	0.21	0.26 (0.08–0.87)	0.02
Trading	57	14 (24.56)
Farming	102	39 (38.23)
Marital status			5.72	0.05	2.80 (1.18–6.64)	0.02
Single	53	11 (20.75)
Married	24	9 (37.50)
Divorced	82	33 (40.24)
Obstetrical
Gravidity			1.63	0.44	0.98 (0.48–2.03)	0.97
Primigravidae	23	5 (21.73)
Multigravidae	136	48 (35.29)
Gestation (weeks)			14.85	0.01	0.32 (0.17–0.62)	0.00
[4–12]	31	17 (54.83)
[13–24]	79	29 (36.70)
[25–36]	49	7 (14.28)

Key: AOR = adjusted odd ratio.