Table 2. Malaria parasite prevalence and density in mothers and neonates with respect to socio-economic, obstetrical characteristics and mosquito net use.
| FACTOR | Malaria infection in mothers | Malaria infection in newborns | ||
| Infected (%) | OR (CI) | Infected (%) | OR (CI) | |
| Parity | ||||
| Primiparous | 13 (28.9) | 1.5 (0.7–3.3) | 3 (06.7) | 1.5 (0.3–6.5) |
| Secundiparous | 10 (21.7) | 1.0 (0.5–2.4) | 4 (08.7) | 2.0 (0.5–7.7) |
| Multiparous | 23 (21.1) | Reference | 5 (04.6) | Reference |
| χ2 | 1.1 | 1.01 | ||
| p-value | 0.56 | 0.60 | ||
| Age group | ||||
| <20 | 11 (25.6) | 1.1 (0.4–2.6) | 3 (07.0) | 1.0 (0.2–5.3) |
| 20–24 | 17 (27.0) | 1.1 (0.4–2.6) | 6 (09.5) | 1.4 (0.3–5.9) |
| 25–29 | 6 (11.8) | 0.4 (0.1–1.2) | 0 (00.0) | NA |
| ≥30 | 12 (27.9) | Reference | 3 (07.0) | Reference |
| χ2 | 4.95 | 4.79 | ||
| p-value | 0.29 | 0.19 | ||
| Area of residence | ||||
| Rural | 15 (17.4) | Reference | 2 (02.3) | Reference |
| Semi urban | 31 (27.0) | 1.7 (0.9–3.5) | 10 (08.7) | 4 (0.8–18.7) |
| χ2 | 2.01 | 2.51 | ||
| p-value | 0.16 | 0.11 | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 28 (20.9) | Reference | 8 (06.0) | Reference |
| Single | 17 (25.8) | 1.3 (0.7–2.6) | 4 (06.1) | 1.0 (0.3–3.5) |
| χ2 | 0.35 | |||
| p-value | 0.55 | 0.99f | ||
| Level of education | ||||
| ≥Secondary | 26 (24.3) | Reference | 3 (02.8) | Reference |
| ≤Primary | 20 (21.3) | 0.8 (0.4–1.6) | 9 (09.6) | 3.7 (1.0–14.0) |
| χ2 | 0.11 | 2.97 | ||
| p-value | 0.73 | 0.08 | ||
| Monthly financial income | ||||
| <28000 FCFA | 42 (27.5) | 3.9 (1.3–11.5) | 12 (07.8) | NA |
| ≥28000 FCFA | 4 (08.9) | Reference | 0 (00.0) | — |
| χ2 | 5.72 | NA | ||
| p-value | 0.017* | 0.072f | ||
| Reported use of mosquito net | ||||
| Not always | 27 (22.1) | 0.9 (0.4–1.7) | 8 (06.6) | 1.3 (0.4–4.4) |
| Always | 19 (24.7) | Reference | 4 (05.2) | Reference |
| χ2 | 0.17 | — | ||
| p-value | 0.68 | 0.77f | ||
| Number of SP doses | ||||
| 0 | 17 (23.9) | 1.0 (0.5–2.4) | 6 (08.5) | — |
| 1 | 16 (20.8) | 1.2 (0.5–2.8) | 4 (05.2) | — |
| ≥2 | 13 (24.5) | Reference | 2 (03.8) | — |
| χ2 | 0.85 | NA | ||
| p-value | 0.32 | 0.56f | ||
| HIV infection status | ||||
| Positive | 7 (58.3) | 5.4 (1.6–17.9) | 12 (06.3) | — |
| Negative | 39 (20.6) | Reference | 0 (00.0) | — |
| χ2 | NA | |||
| p-value | 0.007* , f | 0.47f | ||
| Overall | 46 (22.9) | 12 (06.0) | ||
OR: Odds Ratio.
CI: Confidence Interval.
*
Statistically significant.
f
Fischer's exact test.
—
Statistics that could not be computed.