Table 2.
Factors associated with anti-HBs seropositivity among 339 pregnant women attending Makongoro antenatal clinic.
| Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Immuno (Negative) |
Immuno (Positive) |
OR[95%CI] | P-value | OR[95%CI] | P-value |
| Median%(IQR) | Median%(IQR) | |||||
| Age | 25.2±5.7 | 26.8±5.8 | 1.04[1.00-1.09] | 0.033 | 1.02[0.97-1.08] | 0.358 |
| Gestation | 21.5(IQR:14-28) | 24(IQR:16-28) | ||||
| Marital S. | ||||||
| Single | 23(76.67) | 7(23.33) | 1 | |||
| Married | 231(74.76) | 78(25.24) | 1.1[0.45-2.68] | 0.818 | ||
| HIV | ||||||
| Negative | 203(72.24) | 78(27.76) | 1 | |||
| Positive | 8(80) | 2(20) | 0.65[0.13-3.13] | 0.592 | 0.47[0.92-2.39] | 0.36 |
| Unknown | 43(89.58) | 5(10.42) | 0.3[0.11-0.79] | 0.035 | 0.32[0.12-0.86] | 0.02 |
| Education | ||||||
| None/Pri. | 159(72.94) | 59(27.06) | 1 | |||
| Second. | 76(80) | 19(20) | 0.67[0.37-1.2] | 0.405 | ||
| Tertiary | 19(73.08) | 7(26.92) | 0.99[0.39-2.48] | 0.988 | ||
| Blood splash | ||||||
| No | 241(75.79) | 77(24.21) | 1 | |||
| Yes | 13(61.90) | 8(38.10) | 1.92[0.76-4.8] | 0.155 | 1.79[0.68-4.67] | 0.23 |
| Gravidity | ||||||
| Prim gravid | 96(83.48) | 19(16.52) | 1 | |||
| Gravid 2,3,4 | 131(70.43) | 55(29.57) | 2.12[1.18-3.8] | 0.038 | 1.75[0.9-3.42] | 0.36 |
| Gravid 5 -> | 27(71.05) | 11(28.95) | 2.05[0.87-4.84] | 0.099 | 1.32[0.44-3.91] | 0.61 |