Table 5.
Association between sociodemographic parameters and the occurrence of triple and quintuple mutations in the dhfr and dhps genes of the asymptomatic P. falciparum isolates
| Parameter | Triple dhfr mutations |
OR | 95% CI | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | – | ||||
| Age group | |||||
| ≤20 years | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| >20 years | 19 | 14 | 8.1 | 0.8–75.5 | 0.09 |
| Gravidity | |||||
| Primigravida | 2 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Secundigravida | 13 | 8 | 8.1 | 1.4–46.9 | 0.027 |
| Multigravida | 5 | 2 | 12.5 | 1.3–116.8 | 0.045 |
| Education | |||||
| Primary | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Secondary | 17 | 14 | 2.4 | 0.05–18.1 | 1.0 |
| Tertiary | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.2–29.6 | 0.58 |
| Employment | |||||
| Working | 13 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Not working | 7 | 8 | 1.2 | 0.3–4.5 | 0.94 |
| Gestational age at booking | |||||
| First trimester | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Second trimester | 16 | 10 | 5.6 | 1–32.5 | 0.059 |
| Third trimester | 2 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.2–25.2 | 0.58 |
| Anaemia | |||||
| Yes | 16 | 11 | 3.2 | ||
| No | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0.8–13.4 | 0.18 |
| LLIN use | |||||
| Yes | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||
| No | 14 | 15 | 1.29 | 0.3–5.2 | 0.93 |
+ = Present; – = absent; OR = odds ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval. p < 0.05 was considered to be significant.