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Published in final edited form as: Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2014 Apr 3;126(1):78–82. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.01.016

Table 4.

Associations between birth anthropometrics and maternal malaria, stratified by maternal BMI, 2006–2009

	Malaria status^a	Adjusted mean^b	Mean difference (95% confidence interval)^b	P value
Birth weight, g
BMI ≤10th percentile	Positive (n=8)	2791	−370 (−728 to −12)	0.04
	Negative (n=26)	3081
BMI >10th percentile	Positive (n=47)	3161	75 (−91 to 241)	0.4
	Negative (n=265)	3087
Birth length, cm
BMI ≤10th percentile	Positive (n=8)	48.1	−1.3 (−3.6 to 2.4)	0.4
	Negative (n=26)	49.0
BMI >10th percentile	Positive (n=47)	49.1	0.7 (−0.9 to 1.4)	0.4
	Negative (n=265)	48.8
Head circumference, cm
BMI ≤10th percentile	Positive (n=8)	33.7	−0.8 (−3.1 to 1.5)	0.4
	Negative (n=26)	34.5
BMI >10th percentile	Positive (n=47)	34.7	0.2 (−0.9 to 1.1)	0.8
	Negative (n=265)	34.5

Plasmodium falciparum malaria at first prenatal care visit.

Adjusted for primigravida status.