Maternal, obstetric and gynecological factors associated with preterm birth in Rwanda: findings from a national longitudinal study

Table 3 Gynecological factors associated with preterm birth

Attributes	Pre-term		Full-term		Total		p value
Attributes	n	%	N	%	n	%	p value
Hospitalization during pregnancy
Yes	8	7.1	14	2.0	22	2.7	0.002
No	105	92.9	690	98.0	795	97.3
Any chronic diseases
Yes	5	4.4	25	3.6	30	3.7	0.647
No	108	95.6	679	96.4	787	96.3
Gestational Diabetes
Yes	0	0.0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.689
No	113	100.0	703	99.9	816	99.9
Hypertension during pregnancy
Yes	5	4.4	6	0.9	11	1.3	0.002
No	108	95.6	698	99.1	806	98.7
Malaria during pregnancy
Yes	1	0.9	5	0.7	6	0.7	0.840
No	112	99.1	699	99.3	811	99.3
Hepatitis B
Yes	0	0.0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.689
No	113	100.0	703	99.9	816	99.9
Urethritis infection
Yes	7	6.2	51	7.2	58	7.1	0.687
No	106	93.8	653	92.8	759	92.9
Cystitis infection
Yes	24	21.2	135	19.2	159	19.5	0.607
No	89	78.8	569	80.8	658	80.5
Pyelonephritis infection
Yes	5	4.4	40	5.7	45	5.5	0.587
No	108	95.6	664	94.3	772	94.5
Vaginitis infection
Yes	18	15.9	65	9.2	83	10.2	0.029
No	95	84.1	639	90.8	734	89.8

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