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Table 3 The prevalence of infectious diseases between undocumented women (n = 60) and all pregnant women (N = 51,447) in 2017

From: Maternal health care utilization and the obstetric outcomes of undocumented women in Finland – a retrospective register-based study

 

Undocumented women

All pregnant women

 

Screening completed n (%)

Positives n

Prevalence % (95%CI)

Positives n

Prevalence % (95%CI)

p-valuea

HIV

59 (98)

3

5.1 (1.1–14.1)

42

0.08 (0.06–0.1)

<  0.001

HBV

59 (98)

2

3.4 (0.4–11.7)

110

0.2 (0.2–0.3)

0.007

Syphilis

57 (95)

1

1.8 (0.04–9.4)

43

0.08 (0.06–0.1)b

0.048

HCV

26 (43)

0

0 (−)

Chlamydia trachomatisc

17 (28)

1

5.9 (–)

  1. Register data on all pregnant women who underwent infectious disease screening in 2017 [35]
  2. Duplicate pregnancies excluded from the analysis
  3. a Fisher’s Exact test
  4. b N = 51,446
  5. c Not part of routine prenatal screening. Tested if symptoms occurred