Table 2.
Factors associated with Toxoplasma gondii infection among the pregnant women (n = 201) in Jimma town, 2011
| Characteristics |
Seroprevalence |
COR (95%CI) |
AOR (95%CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive n(%) | Negative n(%) | |||
|
Educational status |
|
|
|
|
| Illiterate |
38 (77.5) |
11 (22.5) |
1.7 (0.76-3.84) |
0.66 (0.27-1.60) |
| Literate |
130 (85.5) |
22 (14.5) |
1 |
1 |
|
Occupation |
|
|
|
|
| House wives |
134 (82.7) |
28 (17.3) |
0.7 (0.25-1.96) |
0.67 (0.23-1.99) |
| Others |
34 (87.2) |
5 (12.8) |
1 |
1 |
|
Age group (years) |
|
|
|
|
| 15 – 19 |
16 (64.0) |
9 (36.0) |
1 |
1 |
| 20 – 24 |
81 (83.5) |
16 (16.5) |
2.8 (1.07-7.56)* |
3.18 (1.08-9.34)* |
| 25 – 29 |
55 (88.7) |
7 (11.3) |
4.4 (1.42-13.73)* |
4.95 (1.41-17.38)* |
| 30 – 35 |
16 (94.1) |
1 (5.9) |
9.0 (1.02-79.54)* |
13.98 (1.42-137.92)* |
|
Presence of cats |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
56 (94.9) |
3 (5.1) |
5.0 (1.46- 17.10)* |
5.82 (1.61-20.99)* |
| No |
112 (75.6) |
30 (24.4) |
1 |
1 |
|
Contact with soil |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
121 (81.8) |
27 (18.2) |
0.57 (0.22-1.47) |
0.63 (0.23-1.74) |
| No |
47 (88.7) |
6 (11.3) |
1 |
1 |
|
Raw meat eating habit |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
87 (82.9) |
18 (17.1) |
0.89 (0.42-1.89) |
0.73 (0.31-1.72) |
| No |
81 (84.4) |
15 (15.6) |
1 |
1 |
|
Source of drinking water |
|
|
|
|
| Well |
20 (80) |
5 (20) |
0.75 (0.26-2.18) |
1.22 (0.36-4.15) |
| Pipe | 148 (84.1) | 28 (15.9) | 1 | 1 |
*Statistically significant at P < 0.05, COR = Crude Odds Ratio, AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval.