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

Table 4

Effect of IPTp-SP on submicroscopic malaria in pregnancy.

(a)

Variable	IPIp-SP	No IPTp-SP	Odds ratio	95% CI
	Submicroscopic						0.13	0.07–0.23	0.005
Positive	16 (3.5%)	51 (21.8%)
Negative	438 (96.5%)	183 (79.2%)

(b)

Variables	IPIp-SP	No IPTp-SP	Odds ratio	95% CI
	()
Microscopic			0.08	0.05–0.13	0.002
Positive	38 (6.8%)	144 (45.4%)
Negative	517 (93.2%)	173 (54.6%)
Microscopic + submicroscopic			0.06	0.04–0.09	0.001
Positive	54 (9.7%)	195 (61.5%)
Negative	551 (90.3%)	139 (39.5%)