Table 4.

Effect of the number of malaria infections on maternal anemia at delivery^*

Number of malaria infection	Number of maternal anemia (%)	Univariate analysis†			Multivariate‡ analysis†
		OR	95% CI	P	aOR	95% CI	P
0 (N = 355)	135 (38.0)	1			1
1–2 (N = 243)	105 (43.2)	1.7	[1.5, 2.6]	0.007§	1.7	[1.2, 2.3]	0.003§
≥ 3 (N = 37)	25 (67.5)	3.0	[1.4, 6.4]	0.002§	3.1	[1.5, 6.3]	0.003§

^*OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; aOR = adjusted odds ratio.

^†Reference class is Negative malaria infection.

^‡Adjusted for parity, newborn's sex, rainy season at delivery, maternal BMI, education, duration of gestation, number of SP intakes, number of consultations, use of bed net, and HIV status.

^§Statistically significant results (P < 0.05).