The Effectiveness of the Revised Intermittent Preventive Treatment with Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) in the Prevention of Malaria among Pregnant Women in Northern Ghana
Table 4
Multivariable analysis between IPTp-SP and maternal parasitaemia at 36 weeks of gestation.
Variable
Univariate regression
Multivariable regression
cOR 95% CI
-value
aOR (95% CI)
-value
Parasitaemia at 36 weeks
No SP
1.00 (ref)
1.00 (ref)
<3 doses
0.86 (0.57–1.12)
0.20
0.96(0.63–1.47)
0.86
≥3 doses
0.36 (0.25–0.52)
<0.001
0.44(0.27–0.70)
0.001
Reported ITN/SP usage
No SP/ITN use
1.00 (ref)
1.00 (ref)
Only SP
0.60 (0.41–0.89)
0.01
0.82 (0.50–1.37)
0.46
Only ITN
0.70 (0.39–1.23)
0.21
0.96 (0.46–2.00)
0.92
Both SP and ITN
0.36 (0.24–0.54)
<0.001
0.52 (0.31–0.89)
0.02
cOR = crude odd ratio; aOR = adjusted odd ratio; 95% CI = 95% confident inferential; are considered statistically significant; ref = reference (1.00).