Sociodemographic and Obstetric Characteristics of Anaemic Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in Bolgatanga Regional Hospital

Table 3

Malaria parasitaemia in anaemic and nonanaemic pregnant women.

	Anaemic (); (%)	Nonanaemic (); (%)	, df ( value)
Parasitaemia			0.4611, 2 (0.794)
No Mps seen	161 (80.5%)	166 (83.0%)
+1	35 (17.5%)	30 (15.0%)
+2	4 (2.0%)	4 (2.0%)
+3	—	—
Intestinal flagellates			3.977, 2 (0.1369)
NAD	145 (72.5%)	158 (79.0%)
+1	54 (27.0%)	39 (19.5%)
+2	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)
+3	—	—	—
S. mansoni (++)	1 (0.5%)	—	—
S. haematobium	1 (0.5%)	—	—

Values are presented as (%). Mps: malaria parasite. Comparisons between proportions in anaemic and nonanaemic groups were performed using Chi-square test. was considered statistically significantly different.