Table 1.

Clinical, parasitological and plasma cytokine levels of pregnant women

	All (N = 25)	BW ≤2.5 kg (N = 5)	P ≥1 % (N = 8)	pP ≥1 % (N = 10)
Age (years)	25 (22–30)	25 (21–37)	22 (20–23)**	23 (22–27)
Gravidity	2.0 (2.0–3.5)	2.0 (2.0–6.0)	2.0 (1.0–2.0)*	2.0 (1.0–3.0)
Birth weight (kg)	2.8 (2.5–3.1)	2.0 (1.7–2.2)**	2.8 (2.6–3.2)	2.9 (2.8–3.4)
P (%)	0.05 (0.01–3.5)	0.03 (0.02–2.9)	6.0 (4.1–10.8)***	2.2 (0.03–8.7)
pP (%)	1.0 (0.07–13.5)	0.1 (0.06–12.4)	28.0 (3.7–59.0)*	21.5 (10.0–63.0)***
TNF (pg/mL)	0 (0–0.8)	0 (0–12.2)	0 (0–0.1)	0 (0–0.6)
IL-10 (pg/mL)	0 (0–186)	111 (14–226)	628 (506–891)***	308 (12–732)

Data are presented in medians (interquartile range)

Data were compared according to the clinical criteria defined (BW ≤2.5 kg versus BW >2.5 kg, P <1 % versus P ≥1 %, pP <1 % versus pP ≥1 %) by Mann–Whitney U-test

P peripheral parasitaemia, pP placental parasitaemia

* P < 0.05, ** P < 0.005, *** P < 0.0005