Malaria Burden in Pregnancy at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda

Table 4

Risk factors associated with anaemia (<11 g/dl).

Factor level	Risk factor	Crude OR	Adjusted OR	(95% CI)	P-value
Background	Age (continuous per year)	1.0	0.98	(0.93–1.04)	.51
	District of residence
	Kampala	1.0	1.0
	Wakiso	1.15	1.11	(0.60–2.07)	.74
	Other	0.40	0.44	(0.13–1.52)	.20
	Education (continuous per level)	1.14	1.14	(0.73–1.77)	.57
Intermediate	Gravidity
	G1	1.0	1.0
	G2-3	1.04	1.0	(0.56–1.80)	.98
	≥G4	0.86	0.70	(0.30–1.63)	.51
	Placental malaria (active + past)	2.31 ∗	2.35	(1.27–4.35)	.006
	Active infection	2.66 ∗	2.76	(1.40–5.45)	.003
	Past infection	1.37	1.53	(0.44–4.66)	.48
Proximate	Used bednet	0.73	0.67	(0.37–1.20)	.18
	Received IPT
	None	1.0	1.0
	1 dose of SP	1.05	1.17	(0.64-2.13)	.62
	2 doses of SP	1.46	1.17	(0.47-2.86)	.74
	Iron supplementation	1.51	1.96	(0.67-5.71)	.22
	Folic acid supplementation	1.26	0.70	(0.29-1.71)	.43

∗Significant associations (𝑃<.05).