Table 4.
Maternal pre-delivery and infant predictors of cord hemoglobin concentration and malaria parasitemia of infants of HIV-negative mothers
| |
|
95% CI for predicting fetal cord Hb, g/dl |
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coefficients, β | Lower bound | Upper bound | P value | |
| Hemoglobin |
.058 |
-.080 |
.330 |
.232 |
| Sex of child |
-.043 |
-.761 |
.288 |
.375 |
| Gestational age |
-.136 |
-.309 |
-.054 |
.005 |
| Malaria infection status |
.013 |
-.672 |
.892 |
.782 |
| |
|
95% CI for predicting fetal cord malaria parasitemia |
P value |
|
| |
Odds ratio |
Lower |
Upper |
|
| Malaria Status |
3.808 |
1.916 |
7.571 |
<0.001 |
| Sex |
1.008 |
.984 |
1.033 |
.497 |
| Maternal anemia |
1.035 |
.566 |
1.892 |
.910 |
| Nine of more years of education | .863 | .418 | 1.778 | .689 |