Table 2. Description of clinical variables and malaria history of the mothers.
Variable | Categories | n | % |
Healthcare coverage | Subsidized | 339 | 59.8 |
None | 15 | 2.6 | |
Contributory | 2 | 0.4 | |
No data | 211 | 37.2 | |
Age group | Adolescents (13–19) | 166 | 29.3 |
Youth (20–24) | 178 | 31.4 | |
Adults (>24) | 211 | 37.2 | |
No data | 12 | 2.1 | |
Pregnancies | One | 186 | 32.8 |
Two | 122 | 21.5 | |
Three | 97 | 17.1 | |
Four or more | 144 | 25.4 | |
No data | 18 | 3.2 | |
Deliveries | Nulliparous (0) | 86 | 15.2 |
Primiparous (1) | 103 | 18.2 | |
Multiparous (2 or more) | 194 | 34.2 | |
No data | 184 | 32.5 | |
Binary variables | No. of records | n | % |
Abortions | 381 | 55 | 14.4 |
Stillbirth | 379 | 6 | 1.6 |
Gestational anemia (hemoglobin<11) | 395 | 118 | 29.9 |
History of malaria (last year) | 558 | 140 | 25.1 |
No use of mosquito net | 388 | 138 | 35.6 |
Gestational malaria (in current pregnancy) | 444 | 99 | 22.3 |
Placental malaria (in current pregnancy) | 447 | 109 | 24.4 |