Table 2.

Description of women in the study

Characteristic	Ngali II	Yaoundé	P value
No. from site	39	50
Age (yr)a	23.2 ± 5.4	25.0 ± 5.1	0.117
Length of pregnancy (wk)a	39.0 ± 2.5	39.5 ± 1.7	0.312
% who were primigravidae	33.3	34.0	1.000
% slide-positive for P. falciparum during pregnancy at:
3 mo	36.8	14.0	0.087
4–6 mo	36.3	23.4	0.299
7–9 mo	34.6	21.6	0.197
% PM+ at deliveryb	51.9	31.3	0.090

^aMean ± SD.

^bPM⁺, placental malaria positive.