Table 4.
Factors associated with malaria among parturient women in Jawi district, northwest Ethiopia, 2022
| Variables | Malaria in pregnancy | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | COR [95% CI] | P-value | AOR [95% CI] | ||
| Age category | < 20 years | 12 (25.0) | 36 (75.0) | 2.2 [1.1,4.4] | 0.029 | 1.29 [0.55, 3.01] |
| ≥ 20 years | 63 (13.2) | 415 (86.8) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Educational status | Illiterate | 49 (19.5) | 202 (80.5) | 2.32 [1.4,3.9] | 0.001 | 2.03 [1.11, 3.74] |
| Literate | 26 (9.5) | 249 (90.5) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Residence area | Urban | 29 (10.6) | 244 (80.4) | 1 | 1 | |
| Rural | 46 (18.2) | 207 (81.8) | 1.9 [1.1, 3.1] | 0.014 | 1.12 [0.63, 2.02] | |
| Gravidity | Primigravida | 28 (19.9) | 113 (80.1) | 1.8 [1.1, 3.0] | 0.028 | 1.88 [1.01, 3.49] |
| Multigravida | 47 (12.2) | 338 (87.8) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Slept under ITN the night before survey | No | 62 (16.8) | 307 (83.2) | 2.2 [1.2, 4.2] | 0.012 | 1.82 [0.93, 3.57] |
| Yes | 13 (8.3) | 144 (91.7) | 1 | 1 | ||
| House spray | Yes | 36 (12.8) | 246 (87.2) | 1 | ||
| No | 39 (16.0) | 205 (84.0) | 1.3 [0.8, 2.1] | 0.293 | ||
| Stagnant water | No | 12 (20.7) | 46 (79.3) | 1.7 [0.8, 3,3] | 0.141 | |
| Yes | 63 (13.5) | 405 (86.5) | 1 | |||
| History of Malaria in pregnancy | No | 28 (38.4) | 45 (61.6) | 5.4 [3.1, 9.4] | 0.001 | 4.2 [2.32, 7.59] |
| Yes | 47 (10.4) | 406 (89.6) | 1 | 1 | ||
| ANC follow up | No | 39 (20.4) | 152 (79.6) | 3.3 [1.6, 6.8] | 0.002 | 2.28 [1.04, 5.03] |
| Partial (≤ 3) | 26 (13.1) | 172 (86.9) | 1.9 [0.9, 4.1] | 0.095 | 1.41 [0.62, 3.21] | |
| Full (4) | 10 (7.3) | 127 (92.7) | 1 | 1 | ||
| MUAC | < 23 | 45 (23.6) | 354 (76.4) | 2.4 [1.5, 4.1] | 0.001 | 1.65 [0.94, 2.92] |
| ≥ 23 | 30 (11.3) | 97 (88.7) | 1 | 1 | ||
| ABO blood group | Non-O | 39 (12.5) | 272 (87.5) | 1 | ||
| O | 36 (16.7) | 179 (83.3) | 1.4 [0.9, 2.3] | 0.177 | ||
Bold values in the AOR[95% CI) column indicate statistical significance in multivariable logistic regression analysis