Effectiveness of Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine against Submicroscopic falciparum Malaria in Central Region, Ghana

Table 3

Submicroscopic malaria dynamics among pregnant women in Ghana.

Variables	Submicroscopic malaria
	Positive ()	Negative ()
Trimester			0.575
Second	51 (76.1%)	491 (79.1%)
Third	16 (23.9%)	130 (20.9%)
Gravidity			0.665
Primigravidae	16 (23.9%)	172 (27.7%)
Secundigravida	23 (34.3%)	183 (29.5%)
Multigravidae	28 (41.8%)	266 (42.8%)
Anaemia			0.003
Anaemic	35 (52.2%)	210 (33.8%)
Normal	32 (47.8%)	411 (66.2%)
SP dosage			0.018
None	16 (23.9%)	218 (35.1%)
Once	36 (53.7%)	293 (47.2%)
Twice	14 (20.9%)	86 (13.8%)
Thrice	1 (1.5%)	24 (3.9%)