Coagulation and Fibrinolysis Indicators and Placental Malaria Infection in an Area Characterized by Unstable Malaria Transmission in Central Sudan

Table 1

Univariate and multivariate analyses of factors associated with placental malaria infection.

Variable	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI
Age	1.0	0.9–1.1	0.292	1.0	0.9–1.1	0.534
Primiparae	1.1	0.4–2.9	0.185	1.5	0.4–5.0	0.482
Residence	1.1	0.4–2.8	0.701	0.8	0.2–3.0	0.773
Maternal education < secondary level	1.5	0.6–4.1	0.340	1.1	0.3–3.7	0.867
Lack of antenatal care	1.6	0.6–4.0	0.309	1.5	0.3–6.6	0.584
Body mass index	1.0	0.8–1.2	0.851	1.0	0.8–1.3	0.766
Hemoglobin	0.8	0.5–1.2	0.329	0.6	0.4–1.0	0.103
Blood group O	0.6	0.2–1.8	0.457	0.8	0.3–2.5	0.804