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Table 2 Prevalence of anaemia in pregnant women in semi-rural suburbs of Kinshasa, 2012 (N = 332)

From: Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection is associated with anaemia in pregnancy and can be more cost-effectively detected by rapid diagnostic test than by microscopy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

   

Percentage

Median (Parasite density)

Haemoglobin concentration

Severe anaemia <7 g/dl

1

0.3%

128 (IQR: 128-128)

Moderate anaemia 7–9.9 g/dl

135

40.7%

100 (IQR: 78-132)

Slight anaemia 10-10.9 g/dl

67

20.2%

127 (IQR: 103-159)

 

Non-anaemic ≄ 11 g/dl

129

38.9%

120 (IQR: 83-135)