Prevalence of Malaria Infection and Risk Factors Associated with Anaemia among Pregnant Women in Semiurban Community of Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India

Table 4

Association between signs/symptoms and malaria infection using multivariate analysis.

		(%)	OR (95% CI)	p value
Sign/symptoms at ANC
Any symptoms	No	937/1203 (77.8)	1	0.14
	Yes	20/68 (29.4)	1.3 (0.9–1.9)
Fever	No	1138/1203 (94.5)	1	0.0003
	Yes	11/68 (16.1)	2.9 (1.6–5.4)
History of fever	No	1031/1203 (85.7)	1	0.14
	Yes	14/68 (20.5)	1.4 (0.8–2.3)
Headache	No	1076/1203 (89.4)	1	0.13
	Yes	11/68 (16.1)	1.5 (0.8–2.6)
Dizziness	No	1168/1203 (97.1)	1	0.16
	Yes	4/68 (10.1)	1.9 (0.7–5.5)
Vomiting	No	1178/1203 (98)	1	0.21
	Yes	3/68 (4.4)	2.1 (0.6–6.8)
Sign/symptoms at DU
Any symptoms	No	623/833 (74.7)	1	0.9
	Yes	9/37 (24.3)	0.9 (0.5–1.7)
Fever	No	784/833 (94.1)	1	0.01
	Yes	5/37 (13.5)	2.7 (1.2–6.1)
History of fever	No	770/833 (98.6)	1	0.01
	Yes	7/37 (18.9)	2.5 (1.2–5.1)
Headache	No	655/833 (98.6)	1	0.46
	Yes	6/37 (16.2)	0.7 (0.3–1.5)
Dizziness	No	792/833 (95.1)	1	0.12
	Yes	4/37 (10.8)	2.1 (0.8–5.6)
Vomiting	No	775/833 (93.1)	1	0.12
	Yes	5/37 (13.5)	1.9 (0.8–4.5)

= observed, = total considered subjects, and OR= odds ratio.