Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the recruited pregnant women by study group (%)
| |
Cases |
Controls |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 200 | N = 400 | N = 600 | ||
| Age group |
<20 years |
18 (9.0) |
23 (5.8) |
41 (6.8) |
| 20-34 years |
160 (80.0) |
328 (82.0) |
488 (81.3) |
|
| ≥35 years |
22 (11.0) |
49 (12.2) |
71 (11.8) |
|
| Trimester ǂ |
1st |
10 (5.00 |
20 (5.0) |
30 (5.0) |
| 2nd |
84 (42.0) |
123 (30.8) |
207 (34.5) |
|
| 3rd |
106 (53.00 |
257 (64.2) |
363 (60.5) |
|
| Parity |
0 |
17 (8.5) |
34 (8.5) |
51 (8.5) |
| 1-3 |
118 (59.0) |
237 (59.3) |
355 (59.2) |
|
| ≥4 |
65 (32.5) |
129 (32.2) |
194 (32.3) |
|
| Transmission seasonΦ |
No |
47 (23.5) |
8 (2.0) |
55 (9.2) |
| |
Yes |
153 (76.5) |
392 (98.0) |
545 (90.8) |
| Sleep under bed net |
155 (77.5) |
364 (91.0) |
519 (86.5) |
|
| Malaria infection | 98 (49.0) | 158 (39.5) | 256 (42. 7) | |
ǂ1st trimester: 0–12 weeks; 2nd trimester: 13–24 weeks; 3rd trimester: ≥25.
ΦTransmission season: August to December, no transmission season: June to July.