Research Article

Effect of Impregnated Mosquito Bed Nets on the Prevalence of Malaria among Pregnant Women in Foumban Subdivision, West Region of Cameroon

Table 6

Sleeping behavior and risk malaria infection.

CharacteristicPrevalence (%) OR (95% CI) value

Time of going to bed
 Sleeping early (before 10 pm)(48.0) 72/1501bNA
 Sleeping late (after 10 pm)(65.2) 30/462.03 (1.02-4.03)0.04
Time of waking up
 Waking up late(after 6 am)(51.4) 76/1481bNA
 Waking up early (before 6 am)(54.2) 26/480.81 (0.46-1.71)0.73

(%) : (percentage) number tested positive/number tested; OR (95% CI); NA: not applicable; 1b: reference category.