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Table 3 Parasitaemia and anaemia among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics and delivery units

From: Malaria prevalence among pregnant women in two districts with differing endemicity in Chhattisgarh, India

 

Antenatal clinics

Rajnandgoan n = 1498

Bastar n = 1198

Peripheral parasitaemia†

 Overall*

1 (0.1)

34 (2.8)

 By species*

  

 P. falciparum

0 (0)

29 (2.4)

 P. vivax

1 (0.1)

5 (0.4)

 Mixed

0 (0)

1 (0.1)

Anaemia

 Overall* (Hgb < 11 g/dL)

957 (63.9)

861 (71.9)

 Moderate/severe* (Hgb < 9 g/dL)

183 (12.2)

249 (20.8)

 

Delivery units

 

Rajnandgoan n = 547

Bastar n = 481

Peripheral parasitaemia†

  

 Overall*

3 (0.6)

16 (3.4)

 By species*

  

 P. falciparum

1 (0.2)

12 (2.7)

 P. vivax

2 (0.4)

3 (0.6)

 Mixed

0 (0)

1 (0.2)

Anaemia

  

 Overall* (Hgb < 11 g/dL)

459 (83.9)

304 (63.9)

 Moderate/severe* (Hgb < 9 g/dL)

64 (11.7)

91 (19.1)

Placental parasitaemia†

  

 Overall

16 (3.2)

17 (3.6)

 By species

  

  P. falciparum

6 (1.2)

12 (2.5)

  P. vivax

9 (1.8)

3 (0.6)

  Mixed

1 (0.2)

2 (0.4)

Cord blood parasitaemia†

0 (0)

2 (0.4)

  1. Numbers presented are n (%). Numbers may not add to sample size secondary to missing information.
  2. †Parasitaemia was defined by presence of parasites on blood or tissue impression smear AND/OR by positive RDT. RDTs were not performed on cord blood.
  3. * p < 0.05 comparing Rajnandgaon vs. Bastar districts.
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