Table 1.

Obstetrical outcomes associated with placental malaria

Outcome	Relative risk (RR) (95% CI; p value)
Preterm birth	RR 7.52 (1.72–32.8, p = 0.007)
Low birth weight	RR 3.45, 95% CI 1.44–8.23, p = 0.005	#aRR 3.42; p 0.02
Small for gestational age	RR 2.30, 95% CI 1.10–4.80, p = 0.03	#aRR 4.24, p < 0.001
Maternal anemia	*aOR 2.22, 95% CI 1.02–4.84; p = 0.045
Stillbirth	+OR 1.95, 95% CI 1.48–2.57

Data from Kapisi [16•], Lufele [42], Ategeka [43], and Moore [51]. Low birth weight represents neonates weight less than 2500 g

CI confidence interval

^#Adjusted relative risk (aRR)

^*Maternal anemia presented as adjusted odds ratio (aOR)

⁺Stillbirth presents as odds ratio.