Table 3. Effect of malaria parasite protection methods on the prevalence of malaria among pregnant women.
Characterisitcs | No. tested | No. Pos (5) | OR | 95% C.I | p value |
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Prevention | |||||
Yes | 75 | 58(77.3) | 0.758 | 0.257, 1.937 | 0.645 |
No | 44 | 36(81.8) | 1.319 | 0.516, 3.369 | |
Type of Prevention | |||||
W/D Only | 54 | 45 (83.3) | 3.077 | 0.988, 9.574 | 0.066 |
W/D + IRS | 21 | 13(61.9) | 0.3250 | 0.104, 1.011 |
W/D - window and door netting; IRS - interior residual spraying; OR - odd ratio; CI-confidence interval