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Table 3 Maternal health profile (n = 367)

From: Maternal genitourinary infections and poor nutritional status increase risk of preterm birth in Gasabo District, Rwanda: a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study

 

PTB

  

Univariate

YesPTB N (%)

Or mean ± SD)

NoPTB N (%)

or mean ± SD)

Total N (%)

or mean ± SD)

Crude Odds Ratio (OR) (95% CI)

P-Value

Hemoglobin

10.50 ± 0.97

11.26 ± 1.11

11.18 ± 1.12

0.54[0.39, 0.74]

0.001**

Anemia(< 11 g/dl) (n = 367)

 No

11(29.7)

234(70.9)

245(66.8)

1

 

 Yes

26(70.3)

96(29.1)

122(33.2)

5.80[2.74, 12.12]

0.001**

C Reactive Protein(CRP mg/l)

4.69 ± 7.24

5.01 ± 11.68

4.97 ± 11.31

0.99[0.96, 1.03]

0.87

CRP(> 5 mg/l) (na = 366)

 Yes

10(27.0)

90(27.4)

100(27.3)

1

 

 No

27(73.0)

239(72.6)

266(72.7)

0.98[0.45, 2.11]

0.96

α1-acid glycoprotein (AGPg/dl) (n = 367)

0.59 ± 0.25

0.62 ± 0.40

0.62 ± 0.39

0.84[0.31, 2.24]

0.73

α1-acid glycoprotein (AGP > 1 g/l) (n = 367)

 Yes

36(97.3)

302(91.5)

29(7.9)

1

 

 No

1(2.7)

28(8.5)

338(92.1)

0.30[0.04, 2.06]

0.24

Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) (n = 367)

 No

21(56.8)

301(91.2)

322(87.7)

1

 

 Yes

16(43.2)

29 (8.8)

45(12.3)

7.91[3.72, 16.81]

0.001**

UTI strain (n = 45)

 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

1(6.2)

2(6.9)

3(6.7)

–

–

 Escherchia coli

3(18.8)

24(82.8)

27(60.0)

–

–

 Klebsialla pneumoniae

11(68.8)

1(3.4)

12(26.7)

–

–

 Staphylococcus epidermitis

1(6.2)

2(6.9)

3(6.7)

–

–

Sexually Transmitted Infection(STI)

 Chlamydia (n = 367)

  No

23(62.2)

265(80.3)

288(78.50)

1

 

  Yes

14(37.8)

65(19.7)

79(21.50)

2.48[1.21, 5.08]

0.01**

 Trichomonas vaginalis (n = 367)

  Yes

4(10.8)

15(4.5)

19(5.2)

1

 

  No

33(89.2)

315(95.5)

348(94.8)

0.39[0.12, 1.25]

0.11

 Candida albicans (367)

  No

32(86.5)

256(77.6)

288(78.5)

1

 

  Yes

5(13.5)

74(22.4)

79(21.50)

1.85[0.69; 4.91]

0.21

 Bacterial Vaginosis (n = 367)

  No

32(86.5)

263(79.7)

295(80.4)

1

 

  Yes

5(13.5)

67(20.3)

72(19.6)

1.63[0.61, 4.34]

0.33

  1. na Sample size reduced by missing responses among covariates
  2. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.5