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. 2016 Feb 11;2016:9194805. doi: 10.1155/2016/9194805

Table 4.

Logistic regression analysis of syphilis infected pregnant women's clinical characteristics and congenital syphilis in newborns.

n  (%)  Univariable  Multivariablea
cORb (95% CI) P Value aORc (95% CI) P Value
History of syphilis infection
 Yes 74 (2.5%)
 No 404 (3.1%) 1.23 (0.96, 1.58) 0.104 0.98 (0.76, 1.27) 0.870
Maternal syphilis stage
 Latent syphilis 275 (2.6%)
 Primary syphilis 38 (3.9%) 1.53 (1.09, 2.17) 0.015 1.38 (0.97, 1.96) 0.071
 Secondary syphilis 8 (5.1%) 2.03 (0.99, 4.18) 0.054 1. 58 (0.76, 3.27) 0.220
 Tertiary syphilis 0 (0.0%) NA NA
 Unknown 157 (4.0%) 1.58 (1.30, 1.93) <0.001 1.42 (1.15, 1.74) 0.001
Maternal titer of nontreponema
 ≤1 : 4 279 (2.5%)
 1 : 8–1 : 32 150 (4.0%) 1.63 (1.33, 1.99) <0.001 1.60 (1.30, 1.97) <0.001
 ≥1 : 64 29 (5.1%) 2.10 (1.42, 3.11) <0.001 1.90 (1.28, 2.83) 0.002
 Unknown 20 (4.3%) 1.75 (1.10, 2.78) 0.018 1.37 (0.86, 2.19) 0.189
Gestational week for the first treatment
 ≤14 21 (1.1%)
 15–28 49 (1.6%) 1.47 (0.88, 2.45) 0.144 1.41 (0.84, 2.37) 0.192
 29–37 67 (3.4%) 3.28 (2.00, 5.37) <0.001 3.20 (1.94, 5.27) <0.001
 ≥37 or untreated 341 (3.9%) 3.75 (2.41, 5.84) <0.001 3.70 (2.36, 5.80) <0.001

aThe model was adjusted for maternal age, residence location, education, and job.

bcOR refers to crude odds ratio.

caOR refers to adjusted odds ratio.