Table 2.

General characteristics of parturient women participating in the study, according to placental infection status by qPCR

Characteristic	Placental malaria by qPCR
	No (N = 25)	Yes (N = 25)
Age of mother (years)	22.6 (15–32)	22.43 (range 14–36)
Number of gestations	1.84 (range 0–6)	1.91 (range 0–6)
Weeks of pregnancy	37.6 (range 32–41)	38.3 (range 27–41)
Mother’s haemoglobin (g/dL) at delivery	11.38 (range 7.15–18.30)	10.83 (range 9.00–13.30)
Identification of infecting species in mother’s peripheral blood	-	19* (11 P. falciparum, 7 P. vivax, 1 mixed)
Birth weight (grams)	2,891 (range 1,780–3,900)	3,305 (range 2,600–4,400)

*6 subjects were negative for infection in peripheral blood.