Prevalence and Risk Factors of Group B Streptococcus Colonization in Pregnant Women: A Pilot Study in Palestine

Table 3

The medical history of both GBS-colonized and noncolonized pregnant women.

	GBS-colonized women (N) (%)	Noncolonized women (N) (%)	value
Smoker	3 (12.5%)	14 (8%)	0.436
Previous pregnancy	23 (95.8%)	129 (73.3%)	0.015
One pregnancy	7 (29.16%)	26 (14.8%)	0.026
2–3 pregnancies	7 (29.16%)	53 (30.1%)	0.981
≥4 pregnancies	9 (37.5%)	50 (28.4%)	0.744
Previous preterm^a	5 (20.8%)	11 (6.3%)	0.013
Number of abortions
0	16 (66.7%)	144 (81.8%)	0.082
1	7 (29.2%)	29 (16.5%)	0.129
≥2	1 (4.2%)	3 (1.7%)	0.403
Time of abortion
First trimester^b	7 (29.2%)	35 (19.9%)	0.295
Second trimester^c	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.5%)	0.599
Fetal demise^d	1 (4.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0.226
UTI symptoms^e	8 (33.3%)	44 (25%)	0.383
Vaginal infection symptoms ^f	7 (29.2%)	40 (22.7%)	0.485

UTI: urinary tract infection, abortion: fetal death before 24 weeks of gestation, ^adelivery before 37 weeks of gestation, ^bthe first 12 weeks of gestation, ^cfrom 13 weeks to 28 weeks of gestation, ^ddeath of a fetus after 24 gestational weeks, ^eurinary frequency, urgency, dysuria, ^fincreased or foul-smelling vaginal discharge, burning, or itching.