Table 1.

Demographic and clinical data of the study particpants

Variable	Frequencya		Pearson Chi Square (p value)
	Positive: N (%)	Negative: N (%)
Age
18–24	3 (13.0)	20 (87.0)	1.05 (0.789)
25–30	5 (10.9)	41 (89.1)
31–35	1 (7.1)	13 (92.9)
36+	1 (25.0)	3 (75.0)
Previous malaria history
Yes	5 (11.4)	39 (88.6)	0.001 (0.969)
No	5 (11.6)	38 (88.4)
Trimester
First	2 (13.3)	13 (86.7)	0.61 (0.74)
Second	5 (13.9)	31 (86.1)
Third	3 (8.3)	33 (91.7)
Gravid
Primigravidae	2 (9.1)	20 (90.9)	0.167 (0.683)
Multigravidae	8 (12.3)	57 (87.7)

^aParasite positivity is determined by nPCR