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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants by diagnosis of UTI

From: Prevalence and bacteriology of culture-positive urinary tract infection among pregnant women with suspected urinary tract infection at Mbarara regional referral hospital, South-Western Uganda

 

Overall (N = 400)

Positive Culture (N = 140)

Negative Culture (N = 260)

Characteristic

n/N (%)

n/N (%)

n/N (%)

p-value

Age in years, mean (±SD)

27.1 (±5.3)

27.7 (±5.5)

26.7 (±5.1)

0.075

Education level

   

0.543

 None

6 (1.50)

1 (0.71)

5 (1.92)

 

 Primary

131 (32.75)

48 (34.29)

83 (31.92)

 

 Secondary

167 (41.75)

62 (44.29)

105 (40.38)

 

 Tertiary

96 (24.00)

29 (20.71)

67 (25.77)

 

Occupation

   

0.531

 Informal Employment

307 (76.25)

140 (77.86)

198 (76.15)

 

 Employment

93 (23.25)

31 (22.14)

62 (23.85)

 

Marital status

   

0.115

 Does not leave with partner

23 (5.75)

6 (4.29)

17 (6.54)

 

 Lives with a partner

377 (94.25)

134 (95.71)

243 (93.46)

 

Frequency of coitus per week, median (IQR)

2 (1 4)

3 (1 4)

2 (1 3)

0.166

Cleaning of genitalia

   

0.903

 Back to front

267 (66.75)

94 (67.14)

173 (66.54)

 

 Front to back

133 (33.25)

46 (32.86)

87 (33.46)

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