Table 6. Association between maternal malaria parasite load and newborn SBP and DBP adjusted for birth weight and length.

Variable	Malaria Parasite density	mean	Difference	95% CI of difference	p-value+
SBP/weight	None	24.8	−0.9	−0.5, 2.3	0.185
	Low	24.0	−1.7	−0.2, −3.3	0.024
	High	25.7
SBP/length	None	1.48	0.03	−0.11, 0.04	0.417
	Low	1.43	−0.02	−0.06, 0.10	0.663
	High	1.45
DBP/weight	None	12.6	−0.7	−0.2,1.7	0.105
	Low	12.0	−1.4	−0.4, −2.3	0.006
	High	13.4
DBP/length	None	0.75	0.0	−0.05, 0.05	0.958
	Low	0.72	−0.3	−0.02, 0.09	0.164
	High	0.75

⁺ Analysis of Variance.

SBP- Systolic blood pressure; DBP- Diastolic blood pressure.