High burden of malaria and anemia among tribal pregnant women in a chronic conflict corridor in India

Table 4 Association between malaria and anemia among pregnant women from Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana attending first visit of ANC care in MSF Mobile Clinics in 2015

	Anemia			Mild anemia			Moderate anemia			Severe anemia
	Prevalence ratio^a	CI (95%)	p (χ²) ^b	Prevalence ratio^a	CI (95%)	p (χ²) ^b	Prevalence ratio^a	CI (95%)	p (χ²) ^b	Prevalence ratio^a	CI (95%)	p (χ²) ^b
Malaria positive	1.05	(1.00–1.10)	0.08	0.64	(0.41–0.99)	0.04	1.06	(0.94–1.20)	0.34	2.56	(1.40–4.66)	<0.01
HRP-II only^c	1.04	(0.98–1.09)	0.26	0.81	(0.50–1.32)	0.39	1.00	(0.86–1.16)	0.98	2.15	(1.15–4.05)	0.02
Both HRP-II and pLDH^d	1.05	(0.99–1.10)	0.25	0.46	(0.20–1.08)	0.06	1.13	(0.96–1.33)	0.19	1.94	(0.90–4.18)	0.09

Malaria and anemia (n = 552)
^aUnadjusted ratios; ^bPearson chi-square; ^cisolated P.falciparum; ^deither isolated P.falciparum or mixed malaria

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