Table 2. Correlation between parasitaemia and haemoglobin levels, parity, mother’s age and baby birth weight.

Spearman rank order correlation [magnitude, 95% confidence intervals](N = 120)
Parameter	rs	P-value
Mother’s age	-0.10[-0.29 to 0.08]	0.25
Parity	-0.11[-0.29 to -0.07]	0.23
Haemoglobin levels	-0.46[-0.60 to -0.30]	<0.0001
Baby birth weight	-0.23[-0. 40 to -0.05]	0.012