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

Table 2

Univariate and multivariate analysis of malarial infection in relation to CD₄⁺ counts, haemoglobin level, and ART regimen of HIV infected pregnant women attending rural antenatal clinic in Nigeria.

	Malaria in HIV-infected pregnant women
Parameters	Examined	Positive (%)	𝜒^2	𝑃	AOR (95%, CI)	𝑃
CD4^+ count (cell/𝜇L)			10.13	0.00	0.40 (0.16–1.00)	0.05
[201–500]	99	42 (42.42)
[501–800]	50	10 (20.00)
[801–1100]	10	1 (10.00)
Haemoglobin (dg/L)			45.75	0.00	0.02 (0.00–0.16)	0.00
<8 (severe anaemia)	19	19 (100.00)
8.1–10.9 (mild anaemia)	140	34 (24.28)
>11 (normal anaemia)	0	0 (0.00)
ART regimen			1.25	0.26	0.90 (0.35–2.31)	0.83
Pre-ART	80	30 (37.50)
On ART	79	23 (29.11)

Key: AOR = adjusted odd ratio.