Table 2.

Histopathological profiles of placental malaria among SP users and nonusers delivering at Mulago Hospital, Kampala.

Histopathological classification	SP-IPTp users (n = 33)	Proportion of positives (n = 4)	SP-IPTp nonusers (n = 33)	Proportion of positives (n = 16)
Category 0 (no infection)	29 (87.9%)	—	17 (51.5%)	—
Category 1 (active infection)	2 (6.1%)	50%	8 (24.2%)	50.0%
Category 2 (active-chronic)	—	—	2 (6.1%)	12.5%
Category 3 (past-chronic)	2 (6.1%)	50%	6 (18.2%)	37.5%
Total biopsies with malaria footprint	4 (12.1%)	100%	16 (48.5%)	100%