Erratum to “Malaria Burden in Pregnancy at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda”
Table 1
General characteristics by gravidity.
Characteristics
Primigravidae (%)
Multigravidae (%)
value for gravidity changea
G1 ()
G2-3 ()
≥G4 ()
District of residence Kampala Wakiso Other
70.2 (134/191) 22.0 (42/191) 7.9 (15/191)
67.1 (94/140) 23.6 (33/140) 9.3 (13/140)
67.2 (39/58) 24.1 (14/58) 8.6 (5/58)
0.98
Age (years) 15–19 ≥20
68.9 (135/196)
14.9 (30/201)
<0.0001
31.1 (61/196)
85.1 (171/201)
Education Illiterate Primary Higher education
4.4 (8/180) 38.3 (69/180) 57.2 (103/180)
7.0 (9/129) 51.9 (67/129) 41.1 (53/129)
13.0 (7/54) 61.1 (33/54) 25.9 (14/54)
0.0003
Visit to ANC
97.2 (140/144)
95.6 (109/114)
98.1 (53/54)
0.63
IPT
31.6 (62/196)
49.3 (70/142)
55.9 (33/59)
0.0002
Bednet (of any kind)
65.8 (129/196)
65.7 (92/140)
75.9 (44/58)
0.32
Stillbirth
3.7 (7/188)
2.0 (4/200)
0.31
LBW (≤2500 g)
15.2 (29/191)
9.0 (18/200)
0.06
Anaemia (<11g/dL)
23.2 (44/190)
22.3 (31/139)
19.0 (11/58)
0.8
Placental malaria Active infection Past infection
19.6 (36/184) 3.8 (7/184)
12.5 (17/136) 7.4 (10/136)
10.3 (6/58) 0 (0/58)
0.035
ANC: antenatal clinic at least one visit during the present pregnancy. IPT: intermittent preventive antimalaria treatment, at least one dose.
aChi-square test used. Age, stillbirth, and LBW were analysed using multigravidae as a pooled group (≥G2).
