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

Table 4

Linear regression analysis of factors associated with maternal hemoglobin and birth weight.

Variable	Maternal haemoglobin			Birth weight
	Coefficient	SE		Coefficient	SE
Age	0.022	0.035	0.525	0.025	0.014	0.081
Primigravidae	0.705	0.386	0.073	0.367	0.155	0.021
Residence	0.215	0.395	0.588	−0.156	0.164	0.346
Maternal education < secondary level	0.011	0.360	0.976	0.157	0.150	0.302
Lack of antenatal care	0.376	0.444	0.401	−0.157	0.180	0.387
Body mass index	−0.064	0.075	0.397	0.005	0.030	0.871
Blood group O	0.162	0.319	0.614	0.218	0.130	0.099
Placental malaria infection	−0.822	0.439	0.066	0.147	0.186	0.432
Hemoglobin	—	—	—	−0.006	0.055	0.915
Protein C	0.288	0.104	0.840	1.0	0.586	0.080
Protein S	−0.356	0.202	0.083	−0.056	0.086	0.521
Antithrombin-III	0.413	0.413	0.322	0.072	0.178	0.688
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1	0.139	0.104	0.186	0.002	0.044	0.962
Tissue factor pathway inhibitor	−0.018	0.042	0.673	−0.023	0.017	0.198