Table 5.

Multiple Linear Regression Analysis Testing the Association Between Infant Birth Weight and var2csa Copy Number, Gravidity, and Parasitemia

Tested parameters	Coeff.	[95% CI]	P value
Ngali II (n = 25)
Var2csa copy number	−24.97	−128.78 to 78.84	.622
Primi-multigravidae	464.51	−21.034 to 950.056	.060
Parasitemia	2.583	−69.017 to 74.18	.941
Cons-*	2810.97	2182.40 to 3439.54	.000
Yaoundé (n = 13)
Var2csa copy number	−194.84	−362.18 to 27.50	.027
Primi-multigravidae	366.16	−50.70 to 783.017	.078
Parasitemia	−34.76	−93.58 to 24.067	.214
Cons-	3461.062	4006.85–4006.85	.000

NOTE. CI, confidence interval.

*Cons- (constant alpha) is the value that the dependent variable is predicted to have when all the independent variables are equal to zero.