Transplacental Transmission of Plasmodium falciparum in a Highly Malaria Endemic Area of Burkina Faso

Table 1

Characteristics of enrolled women.

	Gravidity
Characteristics	1	2	>2	All
Age, median (years)	19.24±2.25	21.68±2.60	28.71±5.38	23.90±5.89
Mean gestational age (weeks)	38.16±4.24	38.79±3.79	39.02±3.59	38.66±3.89
Mossi ethnic group (%)	95.8	96.2	94.7	95.5
Sleeps under bednets (%)	22.8	28.1	19.4	22.4
Mother death (𝑁)	2	0	0	0
Pregnancy outcome
Stillbirth (𝑁)	19	8	23	50
Miscarriage (𝑁)	8	3	7	18
Weight (g)	2,719±430	2,893±390	2,995±440	2,875±450
Number of live babies (𝑁)	460	270	579	1309
LBW* (𝑁/%)	111 (24.1%)	39 (14.4%)	57 (9.8%)	207 (15.8%)

LBW*: low birth weight.