TABLE 1.

Mothers’ ages and parities, placental malaria infection, and birth weight of newborns in Yaoundé (n = 664)

Characteristic	Mean ± SD (range)
Age (yr)	26.8 ± 5.9 (14–45)
Parity	3.3 ± 2.3 (1–14)
Birth weight (g) of newborn	3,163 ± 454 (1,050–4,360)
Placental infection (%)a	23.5
Parity 1 (n = 170)	34.7
Parity 2–3 (n = 239)	22.2
Parity >3 (n = 255)	17.3

^aTotal infections for all women.