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Table 2 Risk factors associated with Rubella infection among pregnant women (N = 342) in Mwanza, 2013

From: Sero-positivity rate of rubella and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Mwanza, Tanzania

Character

Sero-status

Crude

Adjusted

 

Positive

Negative

OR (95% CI)

p-value

OR (95% CI)

p-value

 

n (%)

n (%)

    

* Ɨ Age

25 [22–29]

23 [19–25]

1.1 (1.02-1.22)

0.019

1.2 (1.02-1.33)

0.021

Ɨ Residence

      

Urban

146 (90.7)

15 (9.3)

1

   

Rural

171 (94.5)

10 (5.5)

1.7 (0.77-4.01)

0.183

2.1 (0.7-6.7)

0.191

Ɨ Occupation

      

Employed

25 (78.1)

7 (21.9)

1

 

1

 

Farmers

202 (94.4)

12 (5.6)

4.7 (1.7-13.1)

0.003

4.9 (1.4-16.6)

0.011

Business

90 (93.8)

6 (6.3)

4.2 (1.3-13.6)

0.017

7.1 (1.9-26.3)

0.003

* Ɨ Gravidity

2 [1-4]

2 [1,2]

1.4 (0.99-1.86)

0.057

0.9 (0.6-1.4)

0.561

Trimester

      

1st

13 (81.2)

3 (18.8)

1

   

2nd

171 (91.0)

17 (9.0)

2.3 (0.6-8.9)

0.222

-

-

3rd

133 (96.4)

5 (3.60)

6.1 (1.3-28.6)

0.021

*Gestational age

26 [20–32]

21 [18–26]

1.1 (1.001-1.12)

0.046

1.1 (0.99-1.12)

0.055

  1. *Median; ƗFactors adjusted for.