Table 2.

Factors associated with placenta malaria

Characteristics	Placenta malaria		Crude OR (95%CI)	p-value	Adjusted OR (95%CI)	P-value
	No	Yes
Maternal age
< 25 years	172	16
≥ 25 years	150	12	0.9 (0.6 – 1.9)	0.705	1.0 (0.4 – 1.9)	0.762
Gravidity
Primigravida	100	16
Multigravida	222	12	0.3 (0.2 – 0.7)	0.007	0.3 (0.1 – 0.7)	0.005
History of fever
No	272	18
Yes	50	10	3.0 (1.3 – 6.9)	0.009	3.2 (1.3 – 8.1)	0.013
HIV status
Sero-negative	318	26
Sero-positive	4	2	6.1 (1.1 – 34.9)	0.042	1.8 (0.3 – 12.2)	0.564
ITN use
No	8	0
Yes	314	28	-	-	-	-

Abbreviation: P Malaria = Placenta malaria; OR = Odd ration; ITN = Insecticide Treated bed-Net