Table 4.
Effect of malaria on pregnancy outcome.
| S. No | References | Malaria positive patients | Pregnancy outcomes/Neonatal health | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean gestational stage | Preterm labor | Abortion | Still birth | Low birth weight | Apgar score | Mortality | |||
| 1. | Ahmed et al. (11) | 38 | 33 (Lower by 0.3–0.8 weeks) | - | - | 4 | 16 (lower by 400 g) | - | - |
| 2. | Guin et al. (12) | 37 | - | 18 | - | 2 | All Peripheral smear positive–Mean birth weight–2.21 ± 0.44 Placental smear positive– Mean birth weight–2.07 ± 0.29 Smear negative–2.36 ± 0.25 |
9 (Apgar score <5) | Perinatal mortality–14 |
| 3. | Singh et al. (13) | 151 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 125 Malaria positive patients–Mean birth weight–2.25 kg Malaria negative patients– Mean birth weight–2.40 kg |
- | Perinatal mortality–4 |
| 4. | Singh et al. (14) | Mandla–56 Maihar–30 |
- | - | - | - | All Mandla With placental malaria–Mean birth weight–2.19 ± 0.76 kg Without Placental malaria–Mean birth weight–2.37 ± 0.31 kg Maihar With placental malaria–Mean birth weight–2.47 ± 0.44 kg Without placental malaria–Mean birth weight–2.60 ± 0.44 kg |
- | - |
| 5. | Hamer et al. (16) | 55 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| 6. | Nayak et al. (26) | 25 | - | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 (Birth weight <2.5 kg) | - | Intrauterine death–2 |
| 7. | Chawla and Manu (27) | 27 | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 (Birth weight <2.5 kg) | - | Intrauterine death–1 |
| 8. | Datta et al. (29) | 64 | - | 32 | - | - | 51 | 47 (Apgar score <7) | Perinatal mortality–3 |
| 9. | Aleyamma et al. (30) | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Intrauterine death–3 |