Table 1.

Socio-demographic, obstetric profiles and risk factors associated with Toxoplasma seropositivity in pregnant women by univariate analysis

Variable	No. of pregnant women		P-value
	Total (n, %)	Toxoplasma seropositive (n, %)
	N = 760	N = 190
Demographic profile
Age
Range 14–47 years
Mean 29.5 ± 6.34 years
Age group			0.042
14–25	214 (28.2)	40 (18.7)
26–35	408 (53.7)	112 (27.5)
36-47	138 (18.2)	38 (27.5)
Education			0.311
Primary	48 (6.3)	16 (33.3)
Secondary	343 (45.1)	80 (23.3)
Tertiary	369 (48.6)	94 (25.5)
Occupation			0.002
Labourer	317 (41.7)	95 (29.9)
Non-Labourer	275 (36.2)	69 (25.0)
Unemployed	168 (22.1)	26 (15.5)
Obstetric history
Antibiotic usage			0.801
No	664 (87.4)	167 (25.2)
Yes	96 (12.6)	23 (23.9)
Trimester
First	621 (81.7)	162 (26.1)	0.255
Second	129 (17.0)	27 (20.9)
Third	10 (1.3)	1 (10.0)
No. children			0.460
≤1	637 (83.8)	156 (24.5)
≥2	123 (16.2)	34 (27.6)
History of abortion			1.000
No	592 (77.9)	148 (25.0)
Yes	168 (22.1)	42 (25.0)
Awareness of toxoplasmosis			0.320
No	708 (93.2)	180 (25.4)
Yes	52 (6.8)	10 (19.2)
Risk factors of toxoplasmosis
Close contact with cats			0.258
No	482 (63.4)	114 (23.7)
Yes	278 (36.6)	76 (27.3)
Consumption of undercooked meat			0.408
No	275 (36.2)	64 (23.3)
Yes	485 (63.8)	126 (25.9)
Receiving blood transfusion			0.414
No	758 (99.7)	190 (25.1)
Yes	2 (0.26)	0 (0)
Drinking water from various source			0.013
Boiled	75 (9.8)	24 (32.0)
Mineral/Filtered	597 (78.6)	135 (22.6)
Piped/tap/rain	88 (11.6)	31 (35.2)
Drinking milk			0.693
No	97 (12.8)	27 (27.8)
Boiled	8 (1.1)	3 (37.5)
Pasteurized	649 (85.4)	158 (24.3)
Non-Pasteurized	6 (0.8)	2 (33.3)
Having contact with soil			0.395
No	316 (41.6)	74 (23.4)
Yes	444 (58.4)	116 (26.1)
Close contact with other animals			0.967
No	369 (48.6)	92 (24.9)
Yes	391 (51.4)	98 (25.0)