Table 3.
Relationship between anaemia and parasitaemia
| Parasitaemiaa | 0 | Low | Moderate | High | Median [IQR]b |
| Haemoglobin, Noc (%) | |||||
| <7 g/dl (n = 5) | 1 (20) | 1 (20) | 2 (40) | 1 (20) | 2818 [1047–8376] |
| 7 – 8.9 g/dl (n = 59) | 16 (27.1) | 21 (35.6) | 19 (32.2) | 3 (5.1) | 1166 [527–3268] |
| 9 – 11 g/dl (n = 157) | 66 (41.4) | 47 (29.9) | 42 (26.8) | 3 (1.9) | 981 [321–2475] |
| >11 g/dl (n = 90) | 53 (59) | 21 (23.3) | 12 (13.3) | 4 (4.4) | 728 [278–2242] |
aFor definition of parasitaemia, see Patients and Methods. b [IQR] = interquartile range. Median for those parasitemic. cNumber of pregnant women in each parasitaemic group.