Parameter | Low birth weight | Preterm delivery | Anaemia | ||||||
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% (n/n) | OR (95Â % CI) | P | % (n/n) | OR (95Â % CI) | P | % (n/n) | OR (95Â % CI) | P | |
P. falciparum PCR, peripheral blood | |||||||||
 Negative | 9.0 (58/648) | 1 |  | 10.8 (69/641) | 1 |  | 27.0 (170/629) | 1 |  |
 Positive | 18.0 (11/61) | 2.24 (1.0–4.7) | 0.02 | 23.4 (15/64) | 2.54 (1.3–5.0) | 0.003 | 47.6 (30/63) | 2.45 (1.4–4.3) | 0.0006 |
P. falciparum infection | |||||||||
 None | 9.0 (56/624) | 1 |  | 10.0 (62/617) | 1 |  | 26.9 (169/628) | 1 |  |
 Submicroscopic | 8.6 (3/35) | 0.95 (0.2–3.2) | 1.0 | 19.4 (7/36) | 2.16 (0.8–5.3) | 0.09 | 32.4 (12/37) | 1.30 (0.6–2.8) | 0.46 |
 Microscopic | 30.8 (8/26) | 4.51 (1.7–11.6) | 0.002 | 28.6 (8/28) | 3.58 (1.4–9.0) | 0.007 | 70.4 (19/27) | 6.45 (2.6–16.4) | <0.0001 |