Table 1.
Maternal Factors and Infant Mortality
| Infant Mortality |
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| Yes |
No |
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| (n = 58) |
(n = 939) |
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| Maternal Factor | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | P valuea | |
| Gravidity | .422 | |||||
| Primigravid | 19 | (7.5) | 237 | (92.5) | ||
| 1–3 pregnancies | 22 | (5.5) | 373 | (94.5) | ||
| ≥4 or pregnancies | 17 | (5) | 329 | (95) | ||
| HIV test | .009 | |||||
| Negative | 31 | (5) | 614 | (95) | ||
| Positive | 21 | (11) | 176 | (89) | ||
| Unknownb | 6 | (4) | 149 | (96) | ||
| Intervention group | .136 | |||||
| Placebo | 35 | (7) | 465 | (93) | ||
| Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine | 23 | (5) | 474 | (95) | ||
| Rapid plasma reagin syphilis test | .034 | |||||
| Positive | 12 | (10) | 104 | (90) | ||
| Negative | 46 | (5) | 835 | (95) | ||
| Literacy | .446 | |||||
| Able to read and/or write | 20 | (5) | 390 | (95) | ||
| Unable to read or write | 38 | (6.5) | 546 | (93.5) | ||
| Unknown | 0 | (0) | 3 | (100) | ||
| Malaria episodes during pregnancy | .031 | |||||
| No | 48 | (5) | 860 | (95) | ||
| Yes | 10 | (11) | 79 | (89) | ||
NOTE.
a
Unadjusted P value (Fisher's exact test).
b
Refused voluntary counseling and testing.