Table 1 Maternal demographic and clinical characteristics and their association with congenital syphilis; univariate analysis
Characteristic | RPR/TPHA (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Positive (n = 103) | Negative (n = 2397) | OR(95% CI) | |
Age in years | |||
≤ 24 | 32 (31.1) | 481 (20.1) | 1.73 (1.12–2.69) |
25–35 | 63 (61.2) | 1647 (68.7) | REF |
> 35 | 8 (7.8) | 269 (11.2) | 0.78 (0.37–1.64) |
Parity | |||
1 | 15 (14.6) | 241 (10.1) | 1.51 (0.85–2.66) |
2–4 | 76 (73.8) | 1840 (76.7) | REF |
≥ 5 | 12 (11.6) | 316 (13.1) | 0.92 (0.50–1.71) |
No of sexual partners in the last 1 year | |||
> 1 | 3 (2.9) | 68 (2.8) | 1.07 (0.33–3.46) |
declined to respond | 3 (2.9) | 203 (8.5) | 0.36 (0.11–1.14) |
1 | 97 (94.2) | 2123 (88.7) | REF |
Occupation | |||
Unemployed | 38 (36.9) | 745 (31.1) | 1.26 (0.77–2.05) |
Salaried earner | 18 (17.5) | 544 (22.7) | 0.63 (0.29–1.39) |
Business | 9 (8.7) | 320 (13.4) | 0.84 (0.46–1.51) |
Subsistence | 38 (36.9) | 788 (32.9) | REF |
History of Genital ulcer | |||
No | 68 (66.0) | 1702 (71.2) | REF |
Yes | 35 (34.0) | 689 (28.8) | 1.27 (0.84–1.93) |
History of vaginal discharge | |||
No | 35 (34.0) | 1286 (53.7) | REF |
Yes | 68 (66.0) | 1111 (46.4) | 2.24 (1.45–3.45) |
History of lower abdominal pain | |||
No | 45 (43.7) | 906 (37.8) | 1.28 (0.86–1.90) |
Yes | 58 (56.3) | 1491 (62.2) | REF |
History of treatment for at least one of genital ulcer, genital itch, vaginal discharge or lower abdominal pain in current pregnancy | |||
No | 27 (26.2) | 205 (8.5) | 3.82 (2.41–6.06) |
Yes | 76 (73.8) | 2192 (91.5) | REF |
Antibiotic use | |||
No | 79 (76.7) | 1797 (75.0) | REF |
Yes | 15 (14.6) | 270 (11.3) | 1.26 (0.72–2.23) |