Table 6.

Malarial preventive measures and pregnancy outcomes (low birthweight and preterm delivery)

Malarial preventive measures	Low Birthweigh (LBW) delivery						Preterm delivery
	Among non-users	% of LBW among none users	Crude OR	95% CI	Adjusted OR	95% CI	Among non-users	% of preterm birth among none users	Crude OR	95% CI	Adjusted OR	95% CI
Insecticide space spray	27/227	11.9	1.57	0.95, 2.60	1.55	0.90, 2.67	54/227	23.8	1.46	1.01, 2.13	1.71	1.15, 2.56
Mosquito coils	42/463	9.1	1.01	0.62, 1.65	1.27	0.73, 2.20	85/463	18.4	0.86	0.60, 1.22	1.08	0.73, 1.59
Window nets	10/127	7.9	0.84	0.42, 1.68	0.63	0.30, 1.34	21/127	16.5	0.80	0.48, 1.32	0.64	0.38, 1.10
Bed nets	49/515	9.5	1.18	0.70, 1.98	1.23	0.67, 2.25	107/515	20.8	1.31	0.89, 1.91	1.27	0.83, 1.97
Insecticide treated bednets	59/636	9.3	1.16	0.62, 2.16	0.90	0.42, 1.94	131/636	20.6	1.55	0.96, 2.50	1.46	0.82, 2.60
Mosquito repellent creams	63/683	9.2	1.17	0.57, 2.43	1.34	0.59, 3.03	127/683	18.6	0.73	0.45, 1.17	0.59	0.35, 1.02
Weekly pyrimethamine	53/609	8.7	0.84	0.49, 1.46	0.79	0.44, 1.44	108/609	17.7	0.66	0.45, 0.98	0.72	0.47, 1.10
Intermittent chloroquine	63/720	8.7	0.71	0.34, 1.50	0.59	0.26, 1.31	141/720	19.6	1.18	0.63, 2.20	1.23	0.63, 2.42
Intermittent SP	68/649	10.5	4.18	1.50, 11.66	2.27	0.98, 5.28	138/649	21.3	2.21	1.27, 3.84	1.93	1.08, 3.44
Traditional herbs	50/623	8.0	0.60	0.35, 1.01	0.60	0.33, 1.08	106/623	17.0	0.53	0.36, 0.79	0.55	0.36, 0.85

OR: Odds ratio. All covariates shown in the table as well as maternal age and parity were included in the model for prediction of low birthweight and preterm delivery.