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