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. 2021 Apr 22;16(4):e0249584. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249584

Table 1. Maternal features of pregnant women with positive or negative SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR test.

Feature Positive women (N = 70) Negative women (N = 170) OR (95% CI) aOR (95% CI)**
No. (%)* No. (%)*
Age, y
<19 13 (19) 27 (16) Referent group Referent group
20–34 46 (66) 109 (64) 0.9 (0.4–1.8) 1.2 (0.5–2.7)
>35 11 (16) 34 (20) 0.7 (0.2–1.7) 1.1 (0.4–2.9)
Median, range 26, 13–45 29, 13–45
Missing data 0 0
Occupation
At home 41 (59) 100 (58) Omitted Omitted
Employee 3 (4) 10 (6)
Student 3 (4) 2 (1)
Pre-graduate 2 (3) 1 (<1)
Unknown 21 (30) 57 (33)
Missing data 0 0
Body Mass Index, kg/m2
Normal 13 (20) 25 (16) Referent group Referent group
Overweight 27 (41) 56 (35) 0.9 (0.4–2) 1 (0.4–2.3)
Obese 26 (39) 78 (49) 0.6 (0.3–1.4) 0.7 (0.3–1.6)
Median, range 29, 19–57 30, 19–55
Missing data 4 11
Pre-existing comorbidities
None 59 (84) 128 (75) Referent group Referent group
Any 11 (15) 42 (23) 0.6 (0.3–1.2) (0.5 (0.2–1.2)
Hypertension 2 (3) 8 (5) 0.5 (0.1–2.6) 0.4 (0.1–2.3)
Asthma 0 2 (1) 0 0
Cardiac disease 1 (1) 2 (1) 1 (0.1–12) 1 (0.1–11.7)
Arthritis 2 (3) 2 (1) 3.2 (0.5–20) 1.8 (0.2–13)
Diabetes mellitus 2 (3) 10 (6) 0.6 (0.2–2.4) 0.2 (0.02–1.6)
Hypothyroidism 3 (4) 18 (10) 0.1 (0.02–1.1) 0.3 (0.09–1.1)
Lupus 1 (1) 0 omitted omitted
Missing data 0 0
Multiple pregnancy 3 (4) 13 (8) 0.5 (0.1–1.9) 0.6 (0.1–2.5)
Missing data 0 0
Gestational Diabetes 5 (7) 12 (7) 1 (0.3–3) 2.2 (0.6–8.6)
Missing data 0 0
Gestational age at the time of admission, w
<24 7 (10) 10 (6) Referent group Referent group
25–27 0 8 (5) 0 0
28–32 8 (11) 10 (6) 1.1 (0.3–4.3) 1.1 (0.2–5.2)
33–36 9 (13) 27 (16) 0.5 (0.1–1.6) 0.5 (0.1–2.3)
>37 46 (66) 113 (67) 0.6 (0.2–1.6) 0.5 (0.2–2.2)
Median, range 38, 16–41 38, 7–42
Missing data 0 2
Smoking 1 (<1) 3 (2) Omitted
Missing data 5 10
Gravida
1 26 (37) 53 (31) Referent group Referent group
2 30 (43)a 46 (27)b 1.4 (0.7–2.7) 1.3 (0.6–2.9)
>3 14 (20)a 70 (41)b 0.4 (0.2–0.9) 0.5 (0.2–1.2)
Median, range 2, 1–5 2, 0–10
Missing data 0 1
Para
0 56 (81)a 109 (64)b Referent group Referent group
1 11 (16) 43 (25) 0.5 (0.2–1.1) 0.6 (0.3–1.5)
>2 2 (3) 18 (11) 0.3 (0.1–1.2) 0.6 (0.1–2.5)
Median, range 0, 0–3 0, 0–9
Missing data 0 1
Abortion
0 47 (67) 105 (61) Referent group Referent group
1 18 (26) 42 (25) 0.9 (0.5–1.8) 0.9 (0.4–2)
>2 5 (7) 24 (14) 0.4 (0.1–1.2) 0.6 (0.2–1.8)
Median, range 0, 0–9 0, 0–4
Missing data 0 0
Previous cesarean
0 37 (54) 100 (59) Referent group Referent group
1 20 (29) 42 (25) 1.3 (0.7–2.5) 1.5 (0.7–3.1)
2 9 (13) 23 (13) 1 (0.4–2.4) 0.9 (0.3–2.5)
>3 3 (4) 5 (3) 1.6 (0.4–7.3) 0.9 (0.1–5.6)
Median, range 0, 0–3 0, 0–3
Missing data 1 0

*Percentages calculated excluding missing values

**Adjusted for maternal age, BMI, pre-existing comorbidities, gestational age at the time of admission. Each subscript letter denotes a subset of pregnant women category whose column proportions do not differ significantly from each other at the P<0.05 level in crosstab analysis.