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Table 2 Factors associated with occurrence of any adverse pregnancy outcome among all pregnant women (n = 666) and those with blood tests (n = 465)

From: Risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and seroprevalence for brucellosis in pregnant women exposed to goats or raw goat products in southern Thailand: a prospective cohort study

Factora

All pregnant women (n = 666)

Adverse pregnancy outcome (n = 115)

Pregnant women with blood test (n = 465)

Adverse pregnancy outcome (n = 112)

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted ORb (95% CI)

p value (LR test)

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted ORb (95% CI)

p value (LR test)

Demographic characteristic

Age group, in years: ref. = 15–19

  

–

  

–

 20–34

1.3 (0.6, 2.5)

–

 

1.2 (0.6, 2.5)

–

 

 35–49

1.0 (0.4, 2.3)

–

 

0.9 (0.4, 2.2)

–

 

Religion: Buddhist or others vs Muslim

0.7 (0.3, 1.4)

–

 

1.2 (0.5, 2.5)

–

 

Education: ref. = College/university or above

  

–

  

–

 Primary school or lower

0.9 (0.5, 1.6)

–

 

0.8 (0.4, 1.6)

–

 

 Secondary school

0.9 (0.5, 1.6)

–

 

0.9 (0.5, 1.6)

–

 

Occupation: ref. = Housewife

  

–

  

–

 Agricultural worker or laborer

1.0 (0.6, 1.6)

–

 

0.9 (0.5, 1.6)

–

 

 Saleperson, teacher, clerk, or technician

1.1 (0.6, 2.0)

–

 

0.9 (0.5, 1.7)

–

 

Personal monthly income, in USD: ref. = 0–184

  

–

  

–

 185–368

0.8 (0.5, 1.3)

–

 

0.8 (0.5, 1.2)

–

 

  ≥ 369

1.1 (0.6, 2.1)

–

 

1.1 (0.5, 2.2)

–

 

Houseshold environment

Having goats as home animal

1.2 (0.7, 2.0)

–

–

0.8 (0.5, 1.4)

–

–

Having other home animals excluding goats

1.4 (0.9, 2.1)

–

–

1.5 (1.0, 2.3)

–

–

Having neighbor rearing goats

1.1 (0.7, 1.7)

–

–

1.0 (0.7, 1.6)

–

–

Obstetric information

Gestational age at first antenatal care visit:

1st trimester (< 14 weeks) vs 2nd trimester (14–28 weeks)

1.9 (1.1, 3.5)

2.0 (1.1, 3.7)

0.015

1. 7 (0.9, 3.1)

1.9 (1.0, 3.6)

0.041

Gravida: ref. = Primi-gravida

  

–

  

–

 Multigravida

0.8 (0.5, 1.2)

–

 

0.7 (0.4, 1.1)

–

 

 Grand-multigravida

1.0 (0.5, 2.1)

–

 

0.8 (0.4, 1.8)

–

 

Parity: ref. = Nulliparity

  

–

  

–

 Primiparity

0.8 (0.5, 1.3)

–

 

0.7 (0.4, 1.2)

–

 

 Multiparity

1.0 (0.6, 1.6)

–

 

0.9 (0.5, 1.5)

–

 

Having history of abortion

1.0 (0.6, 1.8)

–

–

0.8 (0.5, 1.5)

–

–

Having history of stillbirth

1.1 (0.2, 5.0)

–

–

1.3 (0.2, 6.6)

–

–

Having history of preterm birth

3.7 (1.7, 7.9)

2.4 (1.0, 5.7)

0.046

4.1 (1.7, 9.8)

3.6 (1.4, 9.3)

0.010

Having history of low birth weight

3.1 (1.7, 5.6)

2.6 (1.3, 4.9)

0.007

2.7 (1.4, 5.1)

2.2 (1.1, 4.3)

0.037

Exposure status – cutaneous contact

Live goats or goat rearing activities

1.4 (0.9, 2.2)

–

–

0.8 (0.5, 1.3)

–

–

Raw goat meat

0.7 (0.3, 1.6)

–

–

0.5 (0.2, 1.1)

0.4 (0.2, 1.0)

0.035

Raw goat milk

0.3 (0.0, 2.2)

–

–

0.2 (0.0, 1.6)

–

–

Exposure status – consumption

Raw goat meat

0.8 (0.3, 2.2)

–

–

0.6 (0.2, 1.6)

–

–

Raw goat milk

0.6 (0.3, 1.5)

–

–

0.4 (0.2, 1.0)

–

–

Serological result for anti-Brucella abortus IgG

Positive vs negative

–

–

–

0.2 (0.0, 2.0)

0.2 (0.0, 1.4)

0.041

  1. ayes vs no where reference level is no
  2. badjusted by backward stepwise method; OR odds ratios, CI confidence interval of odds ratios, LR-test likelihood ratio test