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Table 3 Factors associated with adequate knowledge of PE among the study population

From: Knowledge of preeclampsia and its associated factors among pregnant women: a possible link to reduce related adverse outcomes

Variable

Inadequate knowledge

Adequate knowledge

cOR (95% CI)

p-value

aOR (95% CI)

p-value

Age (years)

  < 25

68 (94.4)

4 (5.6)

1

 

1

 

 25–35

199 (87.8)

28 (12.3)

2.39 (0.81–7.07)

0.115

0.90 (0.27–3.02)

0.864

  > 35

44 (84.6)

8 (15.4)

3.09 (0.88–10.88)

0.049

1.42 (0.35–5.75)

0.622

Marital status

 Single

40 (90.9)

4 (9.1)

1

   

 Married

271 (88.3)

36 (11.7)

1.33 (0.45–3.93)

0.608

  

Employment status

 Employed

249 (87.4)

36 (12.6)

1

 

1

 

 Unemployed

62 (93.9)

4 (6.1)

0.45 (0.15–1.30)

0.139

0.63 (0.20–2.02)

0.438

Residence

 Urban

281 (88.9)

35 (11.1)

1

   

 Rural

30 (85.7)

5 (14.3)

1.34 (0.49–3.68)

0.572

  

Educational status

  ≤ SHS

204 (94.4)

12 (5.6)

1

 

1

 

  > SHS

107 (79.3)

28 (20.7)

4.45 (2.18–9.10)

< 0.0001

2.87 (1.31–6.30)

0.008

Is this your first pregnancy?

 No

216 (88.9)

27 (11.1)

1

   

 Yes

95 (88.0)

13 (12.0)

1.10 (0.54–2.21)

0.801

  

Parity

 0–2

236 (88.4)

31 (11.6)

1

   

  > 2

75 (89.3)

9 (10.7)

0.91 (0.42–2.00)

0.822

  

Family history of PE

 No

143 (81.3)

33 (18.8)

1

 

1

 

 Yes

16 (69.6)

7 (30.4)

1.90 (0.72–4.98)

0.194

0.53 (0.19 1.46)

0.220

Experienced PE before?

 No

147 (80.3)

36 (19.7)

1

   

 Yes

10 (71.4)

4 (28.6)

1.63 (0.48–5.51)

0.429

  
  1. PE pre-eclampsia, cOR crude odds ratio, aOR adjusted odds ratio