Urinary Tract Infections among HIV-Positive Pregnant Women in Mwanza City, Tanzania, Are High and Predicted by Low CD4+ Count

Table 4

Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis of the factors associated with UTI among HIV-infected pregnant women.

Characteristics	UTI positivity; (%)	Univariable; OR (95% CI )	value	Multivariable; OR (95% CI)	value
Age	50 ()	0.97 (0.91–1.02)	0.253
Marital status
Married (203)	38 (18.7)	1
Single (31)	12 (38.7)	2.74 (1.22–6.13)	0.012	2.61 (1.12–6.09)	0.026
Occupation
Peasant (26)	3 (11.5)	1
Employed (74)	35 (26.1)	1.48 (0.38–5.73)	0.567	1.4 (0.35–5.7)	0.623
Housewife (134)	12 (16.2)	2.71 (0.77–9.59)	0.122	2.24 (0.61–8.2)	0.223
Religion
Muslim (57)	12 (21.1)	1
Christian (177)	38 (21.5)	1.15 (0.49–2.13)	0.947
Education level
Secondary (57)	10 (19.6)	1
Primary (177)	40(21.9)	1.16 (0.53–2.49)	0.729
Gravidity	3 (IQR 2–4)	0.88 (0.73–1.07)	0.21
Gestation age	28 (IQR 20–32)	1.03 (0.98–1.07)	0.24
Coitus per week
≥2 (66)	8 (12.1)	1
≤1 (168)	42 (25.0)	2.42 (1.07–5.47)	0.034
Baseline CD4
>200 (93)	25 (17.7)	1
≤200 (141)	25 (26.9)	1.7 (0.908–3.20)	0.97
Current CD4
≥200 (213)	41 (19.3)	1
<200 (21)	9 (42.9)	3.15 (1.24–7.97)	0.02	2.92 (1.10–7.71)	0.031
Duration ART (months) 234	15.5 (IQR 6–30)	1.0 (0.99–1.02)	0.93
SXT use
No	45 (20.9)	1
Yes	5 (26.3)	1.35 (0.46–3.94)	0.58
UTI symptoms
No 207	39 (18.8)	1
Yes 27	11 (40.7)	2.99 (1.27–6.88)	0.01	2.52 (1.05–6.04)	0.03

Mean and standard deviation (SD), median with interquartile range (IQR), and SXT: trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.