Research Article

Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy: Assessment of the Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Three-Dose Policy on Birth Outcomes in Rural Northern Ghana

Table 5

(a) Crude and adjusted associations between gestation at delivery (weeks) and uptake of ≥3 doses of SP

CharacteristicsCrude OR95% CIp valueAdjusted OR95% CIp value

SP doses
 < 3 doses of SP1.001.00
 ≥3 doses of SP2.931.54-5.540.0013.161.63-6.110.001
Used ITN
 Used ITN1.001.00
 Did not use0.870.23-3.310.8341.250.27-5.820.773
Maternal education
 No formal education1.001.00
 Primary education1.660.80-3.410.1711.830.84- 4.000.128
 JHS and above1.650.77-3.550.2001.710.76-3.810.193
Number of children
 <31.001.00
 ≥31.250.66-2.340.4901.330. 68-2.620.401
Malaria pregnancy
 Had malaria1.001.00
 Did not 3.121.22-7.960.0173.781.36-10.470.011

(b) Crude and adjusted associations between birth weight (kg) and uptake of ≥3 doses of SP

CharacteristicsCrude OR95% CIp valueAdjusted OR95% CIp value

SP doses
 < 3 doses of SP1.001.00
 ≥3 doses of SP4.302.18-8.51<0.0013.921.94-9.92<0.001
Used ITN
 Used ITN1.001.00
 Did not use1.090.23-5.130.9191.050.19-5.890.955
Maternal education
 No formal education1.001.00
 Primary education1.210.55- 2.630.6401.310.56-3.050.535
 JHS and above1.630.68-3.860.2721.630.66-4.010.291
Number of children
 <31.001.00
 ≥31.120. 57-2.210.7461.040.50 -2.160.924
Malaria pregnancy
 Had malaria1.001.00
 Did not1.670.58-4.940.3531.880.59-6.040.288