Table 1. Parity, UTI history, other major comorbidities in patients with UTI.
*Statistically significant.
UTI, urinary tract infection; Hx, history; GDM, gestational diabetes mellitus; PET, preeclampsia; MP, multiple pregnancies; HT, hypertension.
| Control group (n=329) | Exposed group (with UTI; n=549) | Total (n=878) | Chi-square | P-value | |
| Parity | |||||
| Nulliparous | 69 (21.0%) | 157 (28.6%) | 226 (25.7%) | 6.337 | 0.042* |
| Multiparous | 212 (64.4%) | 323 (58.8%) | 535 (60.9%) | ||
| Grand multiparous | 48 (14.6%) | 69 (12.6%) | 117 (13.3%) | ||
| UTI Hx | 11 (3.3%) | 131 (23.9%) | 142 (16.2%) | 63.881 | 0.0001* |
| GDM | 87 (26.4%) | 132 (24%) | 219 (24.9%) | 0.633 | 0.426 |
| Anaemia | 47 (14.3%) | 59 (10.7%) | 106 (12.1%) | 2.427 | 0.119 |
| PET | 7 (2.1%) | 11 (2%) | 18 (2.1%) | 0.016 | 0.900 |
| Renal calculi | 0 (0%) | 18 (3.3%) | 18 (2.1%) | - | |
| MP | 7 (2.1%) | 9 (1.6%) | 16 (1.8%) | 0.274 | 0.601 |
| HT | 2 (0.6%) | 5 (0.9%) | 7 (0.8%) | 0.239 | 0.625 |
| Hypothyroidism | 15(4.5%) | 66 (12%) | 81 (9.2%) | 13.68 | 0.0002* |