Research Article
Prevalence of Congenital Malaria in Kisangani, A Stable Malaria Transmission Area in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Table 1
Characteristics of newborns’ mothers who had placental parasitaemia (
).
| Newborns’ mothers | (%) | 95% CI |
| Age (years) | | | <19 | 52 (27.96) | 21.64-34.99 | 19-34 | 128 (68.82) | 61.63-75.39 | ≥35 | 6 (3.23) | 1.19-6.89 | Level of education | | | Illiterate | 8 (7.20) | 1.87-8.30 | Primary | 32 (4.30) | 10.32-26.89 | Secondary | 118 (63.44) | 56.08-70.37 | Higher and university | 28 (15.05) | 10.24-21.02 | Profession | | | Student | 16 (8.89) | 5.17-14.03 | Housewife | 154 (85.56) | 79.56-90.34 | Employee | 6 (3.33) | 1.23-7.11 | Informal sector | 4 (2.22) | 0.61-5.59 | Residence | | | Rural | 32 (17.20) | 12.08-23.41 | Urban | 154 (82.80) | 76.59-87.92 | Parity | | | 1 | 98 (52.69) | 45.25-60.04 | 2 and more | 88 (47.31) | 39.96-54.75 | ANC visits | | | 0 | 12 (6.45) | 3.38-11.00 | 1 | 28 (15.05) | 10.24-21.02 | 2 | 18 (9.68) | 5.84-14.86 | 3 | 76 (40.86) | 33.72-48.29 | 4 | 38 (20.43) | 14.88-26.95 | 5 | 14 (7.53) | 4.18-12.31 | IPTp-sp doses | | | 0 | 12 (6.45) | 3.38-11.00 | 1 | 22 (11.83) | 7.56-17.36 | 2 | 23 (12.37) | 8.00-17.97 | 3 | 129 (69.35) | 62.19-75.89 | Use of ITNs | | | No | 18 (9.68) | 5.84-14.86 | Yes | 168 (90.32) | 85.14-94.16 | HIV serology | | | Negative | 176 (94.62) | 90.34-97.36 | Positive | 10 (5.38) | 2.61-9.66 | MUAC (cm) (mean: ) | ≥22 | 169 (90.86%) | 85.77-94.59 | ≥21 to <22 | 16 (8.60%) | 5.00-13.59 | <21 | 1 (0.54%) | 0.01-2.96 |
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