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Table 2 Characteristics of first ANC attendees in the Yako health district, Burkina Faso (n = 1067)

From: Prevalence and risk factors of malaria among first antenatal care attendees in rural Burkina Faso

Characteristics

Mean (± SD) or n (%)

Age (in years), mean (± SD)

25.0 (± 5.7)

 < 20, n (%)

155 (14.6)

 ≥ 20, n (%)

910 (85.4)

Level of education

 

 None, n (%)

452 (42.4)

 Primary, n (%)

165 (15.5)

 Secondary or more, n (%)

450 (42.2)

Occupation

 

 Unemployed, n (%)

871 (81.8)

 Employed/self-employed, n (%)

194 (18.2)

Marital status

 

 Single, n (%)

54 (5.1)

 Married or living together, n (%)

1013 (94.9)

Sleeping under an ITN the night before the visit

 

 No, n (%)

215 (20.1)

 Yes, n (%)

852 (79.9)

Uptake of IPTp-SP dose

 

 No, n (%)

974 (91.3)

 Yes, n (%)

93 (8.7)

Gravidity

 

 Primigravidae (1st pregnancy), n (%)

323 (30.3)

 Secundigravidae (2nd pregnancy), n (%)

240 (22.5)

 Multigravida (3rd pregnancy or more), n (%)

504 (47.2)

Gestational age at first ANC visit (weeks), mean (± SD)

21.6 (± 2.2)

 < 20, n (%)

122 (12.3)

 > 20, n (%)

870 (87.7)

History of stillbirth or miscarriage

 

 Yes, n (%)

165 (15.5)

 No, n (%)

902 (84.5)

Body weight (kg), mean (± SD)

61.7 (± 10.5)

 < 50, n (%)

71 (7.0)

 > 50, n (%)

948 (93.0)

Hemoglobin level (g/dL), mean (± SD)

10.5 (± 1.4)

 ≥ 11, n (%)

320 (40.0)

 < 11, n (%)

481 (60.0)

Microscopy-detected malaria infection

 

 No, n (%)

872 (83.9)

 Yes, n (%)

167 (16.1)

  1. ITN: insecticide-treated bed net, g/dL: gram per deciliter, ANC: antenatal care; IPTp-SP: intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine; g/dL: gram per deciliter, SD: standard deviation; %: percentage