Relatively Low Prevalence of Peripheral and Placental Plasmodium Infection at Delivery in Bangui, Central African Republic

Table 1

Association between some sociodemographic characteristics and the compliance to intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTsp) and insecticide-treated nets (INTs) in Bangui, September 2009, Central African Republic.

		≥2 doses of IPTsp			Use of ITNs
Criteria	𝑛	%	OR [95% CI]	𝑃-value	%	OR [95% CI]	𝑃-value
Age (years)
<20	111	36.9	1	NA	48.6	1	NA
20–24	105	27.6	0.65 [0.36–1.15]	0.18	40.0	0.70 [0.41–1.20]	0.25
25–29	74	27.0	0.63 [0.33–1.20]	0.21	29.7	0.44 [0.23– 0.83]	0.01
≥30	38	26.3	0.60 [0.26–1.38]	0.32	55.3	1.30 [0.62–2.73]	0.6
Gravidity
1	108	58.3	1	NA	70.4	1	NA
≥2	220	16.8	0.14 [0.08–0.24]	<0.0001	28.6	0.16 [0.10–0.28]	<0.001
Monthly income
No income	190	17.9	1	NA	46.3	1	NA
Salary or other personal income	138	47.8	4.20 [2.55– 6.92]	<0.0001	37.0	0.67 [0.43–1.06]	0.11
Educational status
None or primary	130	20.8	1	NA	33.1	1	NA
Secondary or university	198	36.9	2.22 [1.33–3.72]	0.002	49.5	1.90 [1.20–3.01]	0.01