Research Article
Malaria in Pregnancy in Endemic Regions of Colombia: High Frequency of Asymptomatic and Peri-Urban Infections in Pregnant Women with Malaria
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of pregnant women enrolled.
| | ANC () | Delivery () | Total () |
| | Age (years): median (IQR) | 23 (19.0-28.0) | 24.0 (21.0-28.0) | 23 (20.0-28.0) | | <20 years old: (%) | 159 (34.7) | 71 (21.6) | 230 (29.2) | | Rural residence: (%) | 227 (51.6) | 165 (50.6) | 392 (51.2) | | Head of household: (%) | 45 (10.3) | 40 (12.4) | 85 (11.2) | | Gestational age (weeks): median (IQR) | 20 (13.0-27.0) | 38 (37.0-39.0) | 30 (17.0-38.0) | | Gravidity: median (IQR) | 1 (0.0-2.0) | 1 (0.0-1.0) | 1 (0.0-2.0) | | Primigravidae: (%) | 153 (33.4) | 149 (48.4) | 302 (39.4) | | # ANC visits: median (IQR) | 3 (1.0-4.0) | 6 (5.0-7.0) | 4 (2.0-6.0) | | Hemoglobin (g/dL): median (IQR) | 11.5 (10.3-12.1) | 11.4 (9.1-13.0) | 11.5 (10.0-12.4) | | Anaemia: (%) | 162 (35.4) | 140 (45.5) | 302 (39.5) | | Fever/history of fever 48 h: (%) | 34 (8.5) | 28 (8.8) | 62 (8.7) | | Malaria history (self-report): (%) | | | | | Malaria during last year | 22 (4.8) | 17 (5.2) | 39 (5.0) | | Malaria in the current pregnancy | 20 (4.4) | 11 (3.6) | 32 (4.1) | | Use of bed net: (%) | | | | | Always | 226 (49.8) | 137 (44.8) | 363 (47.8) | | Most of the time | 49 (10.8) | 34 (11.1) | 83 (10.9) | | Some times | 59 (13) | 94 (30.7) | 153 (20.1) | | Never | 120 (26.4) | 41 (13.4) | 161 (21.2) |
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ANC: antenatal care; IQR: interquartile range; : sample size. |
