Table 3.

Association between peripheral and placental malaria with IPTp-SP doses

Variable	≤ 2 IPTp-SP doses n = 397	≤3 IPTp-SP doses n = 764	p-value
Peripheral malaria (RDT)
Positive	2 (0.50)	6 (0.80)	0.72
Negative	395 (99.50)	758 (99.2)
Placenta malaria by histology
Infected RBCs	12 (3.0)	19 (2.5)
Haemozoin	2 (0.5)	4 (0.5)	0.97
Infected RBCs + haemozoin	2 (0.5)	3 (0.4)
Submicroscopic placental malaria by PCR (n = 286)
Positive	1 (1.04)	3 (1.58)	1.00
Negative	95 (98.96)	187 (98.42)
Plasmodium species by PCR (n = 4)
Plasmodium falciparum	1 (100.00)	3 (100.00)	N/A
Plasmodium vivax	0	0	N/A
Plasmodium malariae	0	0	N/A
Plasmodium ovale	0	0	N/A

RDT malaria rapid diagnostic test, RBC red blood cells, PCR polymerase chain reaction, N/A not applicable