Table 3.
Placental Malaria (PM) Status Modifies the Effect of Intermittent Preventive Treatment During Pregnancy (IPTp) to Predict Some Delivery Outcomes
| Outcome | PM negative, mean value (±SD) | Adjusted effect size | Pa | PM positive, mean value (±SD) | Adjusted effect size | Pa |
| Birth weight (α = 0.09) | ||||||
| No IPTp | 3224 g (521) | Reference | 3136 g (348) | Reference | ||
| IPTp | 3235 g (409) | −35 g (−138 to 69) | .51 | 2931 g (434) | −175 g (−402 to 53) | .13 |
| Early | 3340 g (407) | −29 g (−133 to 75) | 2893 g (423) | −224 g (−433 to −16) | ||
| Recent | 3212 g (419) | −67 g (−193 to 60) | 3225 g (420) | 111 g (−263 to 484) | ||
| Maternal hemoglobin level (α = 0.04) | ||||||
| No IPTp | 11.4 g/dL (4.2) | Reference | 9.3 g/dL (2.7) | Reference | ||
| IPTp | 11.3 g/dL (3.9) | −0.3 g/dL (−1.3 to 0.7) | .60 | 11.1 g/dL (3.8) | 2.1 g/dL (−0.1 to 4.2) | .06 |
| Early | 11.4 g/dL (4.0) | −0.2 g/dL (−1.2 to 0.9) | 11.1 g/dL (3.7) | 2.1 g/dL (−0.1 to 4.4) | ||
| Recent | 10.9 g/dL (3.8) | −0.8 g/dL (−2.1 to 0.4) | 10.7 g/dL (4.4) | 1.7 g/dL (−1.6 to 5.0) |
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P values reflect difference between no IPTp and any IPTp.