Detection of Ureaplasma Biovars and Subtyping of Ureaplasma parvum among Women Referring to a University Hospital in Morocco

Table 3

Prevalence of Ureaplasma biovars according to different variables.

Characteristics	Number total of participants	U. urealyticum (positive) ()	U. parvum (positive) ()	U. urealyticum/U. parvum (positive) ()	Ureaplasma spp. (positive) ()
		(%)
Area
Rural	212	26 (12.3)	14 (6.6)	18 (8.5)	58 (27.4)
Urban	823	100 (12.2)	59 (7.2)	48 (5.8)	207 (25.2)
		0.96	0.774	0.158	0.512
Age group (years)
<30	167	27 (16.2)	11 (6.6)	16 (9.6)	54 (32.3)
30-50	624	76 (12.2)	47 (7.5)	35 (5.6)	158 (25.3)
>50	254	24 (9.4)	16 (6.3)	15 (5.9)	55 (21.7)
		0.119	0.782	0.165	0.048
Menopause
No	731	97 (13.3)	49 (6.7)	49 (6.7)	195 (26.7)
Yes	302	29 (9.6)	22 (7.3)	17 (5.6)	68 (22.5)
		0.101	0.737	0.521	0.163
Education level
Illiterate	657	83 (12.6)	44 (6.7)	42 (6.4)	169 (25.7)
Literate	381	43 (11.3)	29 (7.6)	24 (6.3)	96 (25.2)
		0.522	0.579	0.953	0.851
Number of pregnancies
≤4	724	94 (13.0)	45 (6.2)	50 (6.9)	189 (26.1)
>4	313	32 (10.2)	28 (8.9)	16 (5.1)	76 (24.3)
		0.212	0.115	0.277	0.536
Parity
≤4	832	104 (12.5)	57 (6.9)	56 (6.7)	217 (26.1)
>4	206	22 (10.7)	16 (7.8)	10 (4.9)	48 (23.3)
		0.474	0.645	0.323	0.413
Passive smoking
No	785	94 (12.0)	58 (7.4)	56 (7.1)	208 (26.5)
Yes	246	31 (12.6)	15 (6.1)	10 (4.1)	56 (22.8)
		0.793	0.491	0.086	0.242
Oral contraception
No	722	89 (12.3)	52 (7.2)	48 (6.6)	189 (26.2)
Yes	308	37 (12.0)	21 (6.8)	18 (5.8)	76 (24.7)
		0.888	0.826	0.630	0.614
Age at 1st sexual intercourse (years)
≤20	656	84 (12.8)	47 (7.2)	36 (5.5)	167 (25.5)
>20	375	42 (11.2)	26 (6.9)	30 (8.0)	98 (26.1)
		0.449	0889	0.113	0.811
Number of lifetime sexual partners
1	974	122 (12.5)	68 (7.0)	60 (6.2)	250 (25.7)
≥1	54	4 (7.4)	5 (9.3)	6 (11.1)	15 (27.8)
		0.264	0.336	0.126	0.730

value, , or Fisher’s exact test.