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. 2012 Sep 9;12:93. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-93

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the HIV positive pregnant women (n = 1626)

Factors
Preterm Cases (%)
No Preterm (%)
P value
OR
95% CI
  N=181 N=1445      
Age (years)
 
 
 
 
 
· <20
7 (3.9)
43 (3.0)
0.63
1.3
0.54 – 3.57
· 20 – 35
151 (83.4)
1243 (86.0)
 
1.0
1.0
· >35
23 (12.7)
159 (11.0)
0.55
1.2
0.72 – 1.94
Parity
 
 
 
 
 
· 0
54 (29.8)
316 (21.9)
0.20
1.3
0.87 – 1.94
· 1 – 2
71 (39.3)
541 (37.4)
 
1.0
1.0
· >2
56 (30.9)
588 (40.7)
0.10
0.7
0.49 – 1.07
Marital status
 
 
 
 
 
· Married
145 (80.1)
1261 (87.3)
 
1.0
1.0
· Not married
36 (19.9)
184 (12.7)
<0.05
1.7
1.12 – 2.57
Work status
 
 
 
 
 
· Working
138 (76.2)
1068 (73.9)
0.59
1.12
0.77–1.64
· Not working
43 (23.8)
374 (26.1)
 
1.0
1.0
Stress at work
 
 
 
 
 
· Stressful
90 (65.2)
614 (57.3)
0.04
1.4
1.01 – 2.06
· Not stressful
48 (34.8)
457 (42.7)
 
1.0
1.0
Social Class[16]
 
 
 
 
 
· I & II
20 (11.0)
146 (10.1)
0.70
0.70
0.48 – 1.56
· III
49 (27.1)
415 (28.7)
 
1.0
1.0
· IV & V 112 (61.9) 884 (61.2) 0.87 0.9 0.54 – 1.59