Research Article
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) | | | |
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