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
Characteristics
Crude OR
95% CI
p value
Adjusted OR
95% CI
p value
SP doses
< 3 doses of SP
1.00
1.00
≥3 doses of SP
2.93
1.54-5.54
0.001
3.16
1.63-6.11
0.001
Used ITN
Used ITN
1.00
1.00
Did not use
0.87
0.23-3.31
0.834
1.25
0.27-5.82
0.773
Maternal education
No formal education
1.00
1.00
Primary education
1.66
0.80-3.41
0.171
1.83
0.84- 4.00
0.128
JHS and above
1.65
0.77-3.55
0.200
1.71
0.76-3.81
0.193
Number of children
<3
1.00
1.00
≥3
1.25
0.66-2.34
0.490
1.33
0. 68-2.62
0.401
Malaria pregnancy
Had malaria
1.00
1.00
Did not
3.12
1.22-7.96
0.017
3.78
1.36-10.47
0.011
(b) Crude and adjusted associations between birth weight (kg) and uptake of ≥3 doses of SP