Table 2. Predictors of an Impaired transplacental transfer among pregnant women from Kilifi cohort (univariant analysis).
| Efficiency of transplacental
transfer (Kilifi) |
Chi2 | Odds
ratio |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Category | Normal | Impaired | P value | OR | Odds Ratio
(95% CI) |
P value | |||
| n(123) | % | n(77) | % | LCL | UCL | |||||
|
Gestational age
delivery |
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| <33 weeks | 3 | 2.4 | 7 | 9.1 | Ref | |||||
| 34–37 weeks | 42 | 34.2 | 17 | 22.1 | 0.034 | 5.8 | 1.33 | 24.95 | 0.019 | |
| 38–42 weeks | 78 | 63.4 | 53 | 68.8 | 3.4 | 0.84 | 13.88 | 0.083 | ||
| Birthweight | ||||||||||
| Underweight (<2.5kgs) | 25 | 20.3 | 18 | 23.4 | ||||||
| Normal | 98 | 79.7 | 59 | 76.6 | 0.609 | |||||
|
Maternal
age(yrs) |
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| 16–19 | 18 | 14.6 | 13 | 16.9 | ||||||
| 20–29 | 65 | 52.9 | 43 | 55.8 | 0.589 | |||||
| 30–39 | 32 | 26.0 | 14 | 18.8 | ||||||
| 40–49 | 8 | 6.5 | 7 | 9.1 | ||||||
| Gravida | ||||||||||
| 1–2 | 72 | 58.54 | 40 | 51.0 | ||||||
| 3–5 | 41 | 33.33 | 24 | 31.2 | 0.305 | |||||
| 6–9 | 8 | 6.5 | 10 | 13.0 | ||||||
| 10–15 | 2 | 1.63 | 3 | 3.9 | ||||||