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Table 1

Characteristics of the study population (n = 172).

Variables Frequency %
Age (years)
 ≤ 20 55 32.0
 > 20 117 68.0
Formal schooling
 Yes 84 48.8
 No 88 51.2
Gravidity
 Primigravidae 53 30.8
 Secundigravidae 45 26.2
 Multigravidae 74 43.0
Gestational age (trimester)
 1st trimester 57 33.1
 2nd and 3rd trimesters 115 66.9
Number of antenatal clinic visits
 ≤ 2 144 83.7
 ≥ 3 28 16.3
Fevera,b
 Yes 6 3.5
 No 165 96.5
P. falciparum infection
 Microscopic 56 32.6
 Submicroscopic 116 67.4
Anaemia
 Yes 104 60.5
 No 68 39.5

a1 missing data; bFever was defined as an axillary temperature ≥ 37.5 °C.

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