Group B Streptococcus Colonization among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Tertiary Hospital in Rural Southwestern Uganda

Table 3

Association between GBS colonization status and potential sociodemographic factors.

Bivariate analysis					Multivariate analysis
Variable	GBS positive = 89	GBS negative = 220	COR 95% CI	value	COR 95% CI	value
Age group (years)				0.003
<21	13	47	1
21–25	26	99	0.95 (0.45–2.01)		0.8 (0.37–1.73)	0.57
26–30	31	51	2.19 (1.03–4.69)		1.81 (0.82–4.00)	0.14
31–35	8	15	1.93 (0.67–5.54)		1.15 (0.36–3.69)	0.81
>35	8	11	4.97 (1.66–14.91)		2.39 (0.69–8.17)	0.17
Education level				0.65
No education	3	5	1
Primary	26	80	0.54 (0.12–2.42)
Secondary	36	84	0.71 (0.16–3.14)
Tertiary	24	51	0.78 (0.17–3.45)
Residence type				0.04
Rural	21	78	1
Urban	68	142	1.78 (1.01–3.12)		1.60 (0.88–2.9)	0.12
Marital status				0.76
Not married	6	17	1
Married	83	203	1.16 (0.44–3.04)
Tribe
Others	4	4	1	0.48
Banyankore	63	170	0.37
Bakiga	9	21	0.43
Baganda	13	25	0.52
BMI				0.0000
18.5–24.9	24	84	1
25–29.9	37	117	1.06 (0.59–1.89)		1.05 (0.58–1.9)	0.87
≥30	27	19	4.77 (2.28–9.98)		3.78 (1.78–8.35)	0.001
Occupation				0.74
No employment	18	53	1
Peasant farmer	19	53	1.06 (0.–2.2)
Professional	9	24	1.1 (0.43–2.8)
Self-employed	38	83	1.34 (0.7–2.6)
Casual labor	5	7	2.1 (0.59–7.4)
HIV serostatus				0.12
Positive	10	13	1
Negative	79	207	2.02 (0.85–4.78)
Religion				0.32
Others	1	3	1
Muslim	17	25	2.04 (0.2–21.3)
Catholic	24	81	0.89 (0.9–8.9)
Protestant	38	88	1.3 (0.13–12.86)
Born again	9	2	1.17 (0.11–12.82)