Table 4. Factors associated with malaria in pregnant women, Akatsi South District, Ghana.

Variable	Malaria n (%)	cOR (95% CI)	p-value	aOR (95% CI)	p-value
Maternal Age (yrs.)
< 20	5(18.5)	3.69(0.91–14.99)	0.068	0.54(0.02–12.46)	0.701
20–29	13(12.5)	2.32(0.72–7.44)	0.157	1.67(0.36–7.62)	0.510
≥30	4(5.8)	1		1
Educational Status
Below secondary	21(13.5)	6.90(0.90–52.76)	0.063	9.36(0.92–94.98)	0.058
Secondary and above	1(2.2)	1		1
Marital Status
Single	9(22.5)	3.28(1.29–8.35)	0.013	4.14(0.48–35.93)	0.198
Married	13(8.1)	1		1
Occupation
Formal	9(10.1)	1		1
Informal	6(8.0)	0.77(0.26–2.28)	0.641	0.29(0.07–1.21)	0.090
Student	6(25.0)	2.96(0.94–9.38)	0.065	1.04(0.10–10.38)	0.971
Unemployed	1(8.3)	0.81(0.09–7.01)	0.847	1.69(0.11–25.25)	0.702
Location
In Akatsi	8(9.4)	1
Out Akatsi	14(12.2)	1.33(0.53–3.34)	0.538
Gravidity
Primigravidae	9(15.5)	1		1
Multigravida	13(9.2)	0.55(0.22–1.36)	0.197	0.97(0.16–5.85)	0.975
Gestational Period
First Trimester	9(18.8)	1		1
Second Trimester	13(13.8)	0.69(0.28–1.72)	0.423	1.66(0.40–6.92)	0.486
Third Trimester	0(0.0)	0.04(0.00–0.63)	0.023	0.33(0.01–8.74)	0.506
Preventive Method
IPTp-SP
Yes	3(2.3)	1		1
No	19(26.4)	14.94(4.24–52.62)	0.000	11.70(2.32–58.96)	0.003
LLIN
Yes	12(6.7)	1		1
No	10(50.0)	14.00(4.88–40.17)	0.000	8.07(1.98–32.92)	0.004
Attended ANC as Scheduled
Yes	16(9.6)	1		1
No	6(18.2)	2.10(0.75–5.84)	0.156	1.58(0.30–8.14)	0.588

IPTp-SP- Intermittent Preventive Treatment during pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine; LLIN- Long-Lasting Insecticide Treated Bed Nets; ANC-Antenatal Care; cOR = Crude Odds Ratio; aOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio; CI = Confidence Interval