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

Table 3

Univariate logistic regression of risk factors associated with Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia in umbilical cord blood.

	Proportion of newborns with umbilical cord blood parasitemia and the risk factor specified	Odds ratio	95% confidence intervals	𝑃
Peripheral positive parasitemia	77.8%	9.24	3.02–28.28	<0.001
Peripheral parasitemia 1–999	22.2%	2.23	0.75–7.20	0.13
Peripheral parasitemia 1,000–4,999	11.1%	1.64	0.37–7.28	0.50
Peripheral parasitemia 5,000–9,999	22.2%	9.62	3.01–30.69	<0.001
Peripheral parasitemia ≥10,000	22.2%	5.29	1.69–16.52	0.004
Placental positive parasitemia	72.2%	10.74	3.79–30.42	<0.001
Placental parasitemia 1–999	16.7%	1.78	0.50–6.24	0.36
Placental parasitemia 1,000–4,999	22.2%	9.62	3.01–30.69	<0.001
Placental parasitemia 5,000–9,999	5.6%	3.13	0.40–24.56	0.27
Placental parasitemia ≥10,000	11.1%	4.91	1.08–22.28	0.03
Primigravid	61.1%	2.96	1.13–7.69	0.02
Prematurity (<37 weeks)	33.3%	1.58	0.52–4.25	0.36
ITN	33.3%	1.69	0.63–4.56	0.29
LBW*	27.8%	2.10	0.74–5.97	0.16
Female sex of infant	61.1%	1.78	0.68–4.63	0.33

LBW*: low birth weight.