Table 1. Participants' characteristics.
| Uninfected | Malaria alone | Malaria with intervillositis | Kruskal-Wallis' test | |
| SLC38A1 AND SLC38A2 mRNA expression | ||||
| N | 21 | 11 | 21 | |
| Gestational Age | 40 | 39 | 39 | 0.31 |
| (in weeks) | (39–40) | (35–41) | (36–41) | |
| Age | 20 | 23 | 21 | 0.085 |
| (in years) | (16–29) | (18–29) | (15–27) | |
| Gravidity | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.081 |
| (1–3) | (1–4) | (1–5) | ||
| Maternal Hb | 11 | 10.8 | 11 | 0.85 |
| (in g/dL) | (8.7–15.2) | (7.6–12.9) | (6–14) | |
| Fetal weight | 3100 | 3135 | 2925 | 0.039A |
| (in grams) | (2500–4200) | (2500–3700) | (2000–3650) | |
| Maternal weight at | 57.5 | 56 | 55 | 0.91 |
| enrolment (in kg) | (50–100) | (44–69) | (44–75) | |
| MeAIB uptake | ||||
| N | 18 | 14 | 21 | |
| Gestational Age | 40 | 40.5 | 39 | 0.073 |
| (in weeks) | (38–40) | (35–50) | (36–41) | |
| Age | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0.63 |
| (in years) | (16–23) | (16–33) | (16–24) | |
| Gravidity | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.43 |
| (1–3) | (1–3) | (1–2) | ||
| Maternal Hb | 12.8 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 0.038B |
| (in g/dL) | (9–15.1) | (4–13.8) | (3.3–14.1) | |
| Fetal weight | 3050 | 2925 | 2800 | 0.15C |
| (in grams) | (2600–3800) | (2200–3200) | (2100–4100) | |
| Maternal weight at | 57.5 | 58 | 52 | 0.048D |
| enrolment (in kg) | (45–69) | (56–60) | (46–60) | |
| Free Amino Acid Analysis | ||||
| N | 31 | 11 | 28 | |
| Gestational Age | 40 | 40 | 38 | 0.24 |
| (in weeks) | (36–42) | (35–41) | (36–42) | |
| Age | 18 | 19 | 18.5 | 0.75 |
| (in years) | (16–23) | (16–25) | (16–24) | |
| Gravidity | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1E |
| (1–1) | (1–1) | (1–1) | ||
| Maternal Hb | 13 | 11.8 | 10.75 | 0.0004B |
| (in g/dL) | (9–16.1) | (10–15.8) | (6.7–13.4) | |
| Fetal weight | 3000 | 2900 | 2800 | 0.28 |
| (in grams) | (1990–3800) | (2200–3600) | (2000–4100) | |
| Placental weight | 500 | 500 | 510 | 0.90 |
| (in grams) | (340–650) | (400–620) | (300–730) | |
| Fetal to placental | 6 | 5.85 | 5.41 | 0.11F |
| weight ratio | (4.14–8.23) | (4.49–7.25) | (3.81–7.67) | |
| Maternal weight at | 55 | 54 | 53 | 0.75 |
| enrolment (in kg) | (42–70) | (48–60) | (45–60) | |
Data are shown as median (interquartile range).
A
Infants born of mothers with PM and IV were lighter than those born of mothers in the two other groups.
B
Mothers with PM and IV had lower Hb concentration than uninfected mothers or mothers with PM without IV. The maternal Hb concentration in the latter two groups did not differ.
C
There was a trend for a decreased foetal weight across groups (p = 0.053).
D
Mothers with PM with IV were lighter than mothers with PM without IV and than uninfected mothers. Maternal weight at enrolment did not differ between uninfected mothers and mothers with PM without IV.
E
Only primigravidae were recruited in this study.
F
PM with IV cases had lower foetal/placental weight ratio than uninfected controls (p = 0.036).