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Table 1. Effect of age, gravidity, educational status and malaria management method on prevalence of malaria parasitic infection in pregnant women.

Characteristics No. tested No. Positive (%) OR 95% C.I p value
Malaria management
Solely Herbal (Agbo Iba) 27 23(85.2) 1.701 0.529, 5.471 0.433
(Agbo Iba) + Orthodox 92 71(77.2) 0.588 0.183, 1.891
Gravidity
Primigravidae 38 35 (92.1) 4.350 1.213,1560 0.016
Multigravidae 81 59 (72.8) 0.229 0.064, 0.824
Age (Yrs)
16-20 17 13(76.5) 0.114
21-25 38 31(81.6)
26-30 31 28(90.3)
31-35 20 16(80.0)
≥36 13 6(46.2)
Educational status
Tertiary 13 0.002
Secondary 35
Primary 66
None 5

OR-odd ratio; CI- confidence interval