Research Article
Prevalence and Determinants of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Pregnant Women Receiving Antenatal Care in Kasoa Polyclinic, Ghana
Table 2
Univariate and multivariate analysis of intestinal parasitic infections across sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women in Kasoa Polyclinic.
| Characteristics | Number examined (%) | Number of positive cases (%) | COR (95% CI) | value | AOR (95% CI) | value |
| Age | ≤30 yrs | 198 (66.0) | 38 (19.2) | 1 | | 1 | | >30 yrs | 102 (34.0) | 5 (4.9) | 0.22 (0.83–1.57) | 0.002 | 0.17 (0.06–0.48) | 0.001 |
| Education | Less J. H. S. | 132 (44.0) | 27 (20.5) | 1 | | 1 | | J. H. S. and above | 168 (56.0) | 16 (9.5) | 0.41 (0.21–0.80) | 0.009 | 0.55 (0.26–1.18) | 0.125 |
| Marital status | Single | 70 (23.3) | 9 (12.9) | 1 | | — | | Married | 230 (76.7) | 34 (14.8) | 1.18 (0.53–2.59) | 0.688 | — | — |
| Employment | Unemployed | 95 (31.7) | 22 (23.2) | 1 | | 1 | | Employed | 205 (68.3) | 21 (10.2) | 0.38 (0.20–0.73) | 0.004 | 0.49 (0.23–1.05) | 0.066 |
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