Table 2.
General characteristics by gravidity.
| Characteristics | Primigravidae (%) | Multigravidae (%) | P-value for gravidity changea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G1 (n 196) | G2-3 (n 142) | ≥G4 (n 59) | |||
| District of residence |
|||||
| Kampala |
70.2 | 67.4 | 66.7 | .97 | |
| Wakiso |
22.0 | 23.2 | 25.0 | ||
| Other | 7.9 | 9.4 | 8.3 | ||
| Age (years) |
<.0001 | ||||
| 15–19 |
68.9 | 14.9 | |||
| ≥20 | 31.1 | 85.1 | |||
| Education | |||||
| Illiterate |
4.4 | 7.1 | 12.5 | .001 | |
| Primary |
38.3 | 52.0 | 60.7 | ||
| Higher education | 57.2 | 40.9 | 26.8 | ||
| Visit to ANC | 97.2 | 95.6 | 98.2 | .61 | |
| Recieved IPT | 31.6 | 49.3 | 55.7 | <.0001 | |
| Bednet (of any kind) | 65.8 | 65.9 | 75.0 | .38 | |
| Stillbirth | 3.7 | 2.0 | .31 | ||
| LBW (<2500 g) | 15.2 | 9.0 | .06 | ||
| Anaemia (<11 g/dL) | 23.2 | 22.6 | 18.3 | .73 | |
| Placental malaria |
.035 | ||||
| Active infection |
19.6 | 12.5 | 10.3 | ||
| Past infection | 3.8 | 7.4 | 0 | ||
ANC: antenatal clinic, at least one visit during the present pregnancy.
IPT: intermittent preventive antimalarial treatment, at least one dose.
aChi-square test used. Age, stillbirth, and LBW were analysed using multigravidae as a pooled group (≥G2).