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Table 5 Prevalence of adverse singleton birth outcomes stratified by site and presence versus absence of placental parasitaemia

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

 

Rajnandgaon

Bastar

Placental parasitaemia¶

Placental parasitaemia¶

Present

Absent

Present

Absent

 

n/d†(%)

n/d†(%)

n/d†(%)

n/d†(%)

Stillbirth

0/15 (0)

12/487 (2.5)

1/16 (6.3)

10/448 (2.2)

Low birth weight

3/15 (20.0)

98/472 (20.8)

9/15 (60.0)a

128/437 (29.3)a

Gestational hypertension*

2/15 (13.3)

113/475 (23.8)

1/15 (6.7)

44/438 (10.1)

Birth weight (grams)

2500

2700

2280

2500

Median (range)

2050-3250

1400-3750

1700-3000a

1075-4085a

Gestational age (weeks)

38 (38-40)

38 (32-42)

36 (32-40)

36 (30-44)

  1. ¶ Parasitaemia defined by presence of parasites on blood or tissue impression smear and/or by positive rapid diagnostic test.
  2. †Analysis is limited to singleton pregnancies where the placenta was examined for parasitaemia. For outcomes other than stillbirth, only live born infants were included.