TABLE 4.
Characteristics of Pregnant Women With Syphilis Who Delivered Infants With CS Compared to Pregnant Women With Syphilis Whose Infants Were Not CS Cases: Maricopa County, Arizona, 2004 to 2008
| Pregnant Women With Syphilis | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Not CS (n = 164) |
CS (n = 78) |
P |
| Age (mean ± SD) | 25.4 ± 5.9 | 26.5 ± 5.8 | NS |
| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | NS | ||
| White | 23 (14) | 11 (14) | NS |
| Black | 11 (7) | 5 (7) | NS |
| AI/AN | 16 (10) | 9 (12) | NS |
| Hispanic | 110 (67) | 51 (66) | NS |
| Asian | 4 (2) | 1 (1) | NS |
| US citizen, n (%) | 86 (53) | 42 (55) | NS |
| Stage of syphilis, n (%) | |||
| Early | 55 (34) | 43 (56) | 0.001 |
| Late | 109 (66) | 34 (44) | — |
| Prenatal care, n (%) | 110 (92) | 52 (68) | <0.001 |
| Trimester first tested, n (%) | |||
| First or second | 110 (73) | 21 (35) | <0.001 |
| Third or at delivery | 41 (27) | 39 (65) | — |
| Week of maternal syphilis treatment, median (range) | 18 (5–37) | 36 (6–42) | <0.001 |
| Risk behaviors | |||
| Drug use, n (%) | 37 (23) | 19 (25) | NS |
| Anonymous sex, n (%) | 41 (26) | 15 (21) | NS |
| Received money or drugs for sex, n (%) | 15 (10) | 8 (11) | NS |
| Incarceration, n (%) | 19 (12) | 8 (11) | NS |
| Median no. partners (range) | 1 (0–500) | 1 (0–40) | NS |
SD indicates standard deviation; CS, congenital syphilis.