Table 1 Characteristics of 151 study participants in Kinshasa, DR Congo, 2005–2006
From: Diagnosis of placental malaria in poorly fixed and processed placental tissue
Number (%) | |
|---|---|
Maternal age (years) | |
Median | 27 (−) |
18–24 | 46 (30.5) |
25–29 | 53 (35.1) |
≥30 | 52 (34.4) |
Gravidity | |
Primigravidae | 35 (23.2) |
Secundigravidae | 22 (14.6) |
Multigravidae | 94 (62.3) |
HIV-positive | 4 (2.6) |
Ever parasitaemica | 44 (29.1) |