Impact of Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum Parasitaemia on Maternal Anaemia and Low Birth Weight in Blue Nile State, Sudan

Table 2

Risk factors for anaemia in Sudanese women using univariate and logistic regression analyses.

Characteristics	N (%) of the total	Anaemia N (%)	Univariate analyses		Logistic regression analyses
			OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)
Site of collection
Ed-Dmazen Hospital	59 (13.2.)	15 (16.5)	1.9 (1.1–3.7)	0.011	1.5 (0.8–3.0)	0.192
El-Roseures Hospital	103 (23.0)	29 (31.9)	1.7 (0.8–3.3)	0.107	0.9 (0.3–2.1)	0.827
Surgical complex	285 (63.8)	47 (51.6)	Reference		Reference
Age, years	29.9 (4.5)	27.1 (4.1)	1.0 (0.9–1.0)	0.713	0.9 (0.8–1.0)	0.485
Gravidity	3.4 (2.0)	3.7 (1.8)	1.0 (0.9–1.2)	0.113	1.2 (0.9–1.5)	0.077
Residence
Rural	363 (81.2)	76 (83.5)	1.2 (0.6–2.2)	0.625	1.9 (0.9–4.0)	0.084
Urban	84 (18.8)	15 (16.5)	Reference		Reference
Education
<secondary level	313 (70.0)	78 (85.7)	3.0 (1.6–5.7)	<0.001	1.3 (0.6–3.4)	0.446
≥secondary level	134 (30.0)	13 (14.3)	Reference		Reference
Antenatal care visits
Not attended	333 (74.5)	60 (65.9)	1.6 (1.1–2.7)	0.043	1.3 (0.7–2.4)	0.380
Attended	114 (25.5)	31 (34.1)	Reference		Reference
Use bednets
No	367 (82.1)	69 (75.8)	1.6 (0.9–2.8)	0.092	1.0 (0.5–2.1)	0.880
Yes	80 (17.9)	22 (24.2)	Reference		Reference
Submicroscopic parasitaemia
Positive	147 (32.9)	75 (82.4)	18.4 (10.1–33.6)	<0.001	19.7 (10.3–37.8)	<0.001
Negative	300 (67.1)	16 (17.6)	Reference		Reference