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