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Table 5 Factors associated with anemia and low birth weight as determined by logistic regression analyses

From: CD20, CD3, placental malaria infections and low birth weight in an area of unstable malaria transmission in Central Sudan

 

Anemia

Low birth weight

Variable

OR

95%

P

OR

95%

P

Age

1.0

0.8–1.1

0.863

0.9

0.8-1.0

0.961

Parity

1.0

0.6–1.1

0.800

0.9

0.6-1.2

0.979

Residence

0.4

0.1–1.4

0.479

0.5

0.2-1.2

0.183

Maternal education < secondary level

0.4

0.1–1.6

0.221

2.1

0.7-6.4

0.154

lack of antenatal care

4.8

1.3–17.4

0.017

1.3

0.5-3.2

0.528

Body mass index

0.8

0.7–1.0

0.857

1.0

0.9-1.2

0.172

Not using bed nets

1.9

0.6–6.5

0.262

0.6

0.2-1.7

0.372

Anemia

-

0.7

0.2-2.0

0.536

Gender

-

1.0

0.5-2.0

0.756

Malaria

-

1.0

0.3-2.9

0.891

CD3

0.9

0.3–2.5

0.916

1.0

0.8-1.3

0.439

CD20

1.6

0.5–4.5

0.336

1.1

0.9-1.4

0.226