Table 3.
Malaria parasitaemia in anaemic and nonanaemic pregnant women.
| Anaemic (n = 200) n (%) |
Nonanaemic (n = 200) n (%) |
χ 2, df (p value) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parasitaemia | 0.4611, 2 (0.794) | ||
| No Mps seen | 161 (80.5%) | 166 (83.0%) | |
| +1 | 35 (17.5%) | 30 (15.0%) | |
| +2 | 4 (2.0%) | 4 (2.0%) | |
| +3 | — | — | |
|
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| Intestinal flagellates | 3.977, 2 (0.1369) | ||
| NAD | 145 (72.5%) | 158 (79.0%) | |
| +1 | 54 (27.0%) | 39 (19.5%) | |
| +2 | 1 (0.5%) | 3 (1.5%) | |
| +3 | — | — | — |
|
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| S. mansoni (++) | 1 (0.5%) | — | — |
| S. haematobium | 1 (0.5%) | — | — |
Values are presented as n (%). Mps: malaria parasite. Comparisons between proportions in anaemic and nonanaemic groups were performed using Chi-square test. p < 0.05 was considered statistically significantly different.