RISK FACTORS FOR PLACENTAL MALARIA AND ITS EFFECT ON PREGNANCY OUTCOME IN YAOUNDE, CAMEROON

Autor:	Robert J. I. Leke, Rose F. G. Leke, Ernest A. Tako, Ainong Zhou, Julienne Lohoue, Diane Wallace Taylor
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	Pregnancy medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study Obstetrics Anemia business.industry Birth weight Population medicine.disease Low birth weight Infectious Diseases Premature birth Virology parasitic diseases medicine Parasitology Risk factor medicine.symptom business education Malaria
Zdroj:	The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 72:236-242
ISSN:	1476-1645 0002-9637
DOI:	10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.236
Popis:	Between 1996 and 2001, the prevalence of placental malaria in pregnant women living in Yaounde, Cameroon and its effect on pregnancy outcome were evaluated with respect to gravidity and maternal age. Results showed that 19.9% of the women had placental malaria at delivery. After adjusting for relevant covariates, the major risk factor for placental malaria was an age < 25 years old. Placental malaria significantly increased the prevalence of anemia in women regardless of gravidity or age. In addition, the mean infant birth weight was lower and the percentage of pre-term deliveries (PTDs) and low birth weight (LBW) babies were higher in primigravidae and women < 20 years of age who had placental malaria. However, in a multivariate regression model taking relevant covariates into consideration, the major risk factor for PTDs was maternal anemia, and maternal anemia as well as first and second pregnancies were important risk factors for LBW babies.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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