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Table 3 Pregnancy outcomes with respect to adequate treatment status among treatment group

From: Maternal syphilis treatment and pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective study in Jiangxi Province, China

Pregnancy outcomes

Treated adequatelya

(n = 1547)

Treated inadequately

(n = 1299)

OR (95% CI)b

P

Stillbirth

8 (0.5)

24 (1.8)

3.68 (1.62–8.34)

0.002

Preterm birth

86 (5.6)

152 (11.7)

2.26 (1.71–3.00)

< 0.001

Low birth weight

58 (3.7)

103 (7.9)

2.23 (1.59–3.14)

< 0.001

Birth defects

6 (0.4)

6 (0.5)

1.09 (0.34–3.49)

0.889

Asphyxia

21 (1.4)

26 (2.0)

1.46 (0.81–2.64)

0.210

Pneumonia

8 (0.5)

6 (0.5)

0.82 (0.28–2.44)

0.719

Neonatal CS

11 (0.7)

34 (2.7)

3.63 (1.80–7.31)

< 0.001

  1. OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, CS Congenital syphilis
  2. Significant values are in bold font
  3. a Reference group
  4. b Adjusted for age, education, employment, marital status and parity