Antihepatitis B Surface Antigen and Hepatitis C Antibodies among Pregnant Women in an Urban Area of Mwanza City, Tanzania

Table 2

Factors associated with anti-HBs seropositivity among 339 pregnant women attending Makongoro antenatal clinic.

			Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
Variable	Immuno; (Negative)	Immuno; (Positive)	OR[95%CI]	P-value	OR[95%CI]	P-value
	Median%(IQR)	Median%(IQR)
Age	25.2±5.7	26.8±5.8	1.04[1.00-1.09]	0.033	1.02[0.97-1.08]	0.358
Gestation	21.5(IQR:14-28)	24(IQR:16-28)
Marital S.
Single	23(76.67)	7(23.33)	1
Married	231(74.76)	78(25.24)	1.1[0.45-2.68]	0.818
HIV
Negative	203(72.24)	78(27.76)	1
Positive	8(80)	2(20)	0.65[0.13-3.13]	0.592	0.47[0.92-2.39]	0.36
Unknown	43(89.58)	5(10.42)	0.3[0.11-0.79]	0.035	0.32[0.12-0.86]	0.02
Education
None/Pri.	159(72.94)	59(27.06)	1
Second.	76(80)	19(20)	0.67[0.37-1.2]	0.405
Tertiary	19(73.08)	7(26.92)	0.99[0.39-2.48]	0.988
Blood splash
No	241(75.79)	77(24.21)	1
Yes	13(61.90)	8(38.10)	1.92[0.76-4.8]	0.155	1.79[0.68-4.67]	0.23
Gravidity
Prim gravid	96(83.48)	19(16.52)	1
Gravid 2,3,4	131(70.43)	55(29.57)	2.12[1.18-3.8]	0.038	1.75[0.9-3.42]	0.36
Gravid 5 ->	27(71.05)	11(28.95)	2.05[0.87-4.84]	0.099	1.32[0.44-3.91]	0.61