Table 2 Association between parasitic infections and maternal anaemia among the study population
Infection | Total | Anaemia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Absent (n = 126; % = 33.6) | Present (n = 249; % = 66.4) | χ2 | p value | |||||
NÂ =Â 375 | % | n | % | n | % | |||
Plasmodium spp. | ||||||||
 Present | 62 | 16.5 | 12 | 3.2 | 50 | 13.3 | 23.290 | <0.001 |
 Absent | 358 | 83.5 | 114 | 30.4 | 199 | 53.1 |  |  |
S. haematobium | ||||||||
 Present | 17 | 4.5 | 3 | 0.8 | 14 | 3.7 | 7.118 | 0.008 |
 Absent | 358 | 95.5 | 123 | 32.8 | 235 | 62.7 |  |  |
Hookworm | ||||||||
 Present | 15 | 4.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 14 | 3.7 | 11.267 | 0.001 |
 Absent | 360 | 96.0 | 125 | 33.3 | 235 | 62.7 |  |  |
A. lumbricoides | ||||||||
 Present | 32 | 9.5 | 12 | 3.2 | 20 | 5.3 | 2.000 | 0.157 |
 Absent | 343 | 91.5 | 114 | 30.4 | 229 | 61.1 |  |  |
T. trichiuria | ||||||||
 Present | 22 | 5.9 | 10 | 2.7 | 12 | 3.2 | 0.182 | 0.670 |
 Absent | 353 | 94.1 | 116 | 30.9 | 137 | 63.2 |  |  |
S. mansoni | ||||||||
 Present | 28 | 7.5 | 8 | 2.1 | 20 | 5.3 | 5.143 | 0.023 |
 Absent | 347 | 92.5 | 118 | 31.5 | 229 | 61.1 |  |  |
S. stercoralis | ||||||||
 Present | 7 | 1.9 | 2 | 0.5 | 5 | 1.3 | 1.286 | 0.257 |
 Absent | 368 | 98.1 | 124 | 33.1 | 244 | 65.1 |  |  |
Taenia spp. | ||||||||
 Present | 3 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.5 |  |  |
 Absent | 372 | 99.2 | 125 | 33.3 | 147 | 65.9 | 0.333 | 0.564 |
Co-infection | ||||||||
 Present | 15 | 4.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 14 | 3.7 | 11.267 | 0.001 |
 Absent | 360 | 96.0 | 125 | 33.3 | 235 | 62.7 |  |  |