Avidity of Antibodies against HSV-2 and Risk to Neonatal Transmission among Mexican Pregnant Women

Table 2

HSV-2 seroprevalence and risk factors among puerperal and pregnant women from Morelos, Mexico.

Variable	% HSV-2	ORC (CI95%)	ORA (CI95%)
General Hospital
Cuautla	14.8	1.7 (1.1–2.6)^&	1.6 (1.0–2.7)^&
Jojutla	16.2	1.9 (1.2–3.0)^&	1.9 (1.2–3.2)^&
Axochiapan	13.8	1.5 (0.9–2.6)	1.4 (0.8–2.5)
Tetecala	9.4	1.0	1.0
Age
≥31 years old	26.4	3.8 (2.7–5.4)^&	4.3 (3.0–6.1)^&
21–30 years old	14.3	1.8 (1.3–2.4)^&	1.9 (1.4–2.6)^&
≤20 years old	8.6	1.0	1.0
Marital status
Separated	31.3	3.8 (1.7–8.3)^&	4.0 (1.8–9.0)^&
Single	18.1	1.9 (1.3–2.7)^&	2.2 (1.5–3.3)^&
Law marriage	15.6	1.5 (1.2–2.0)^&	1.8 (1.4–2.4)^&
Married	10.7	1.0	1.0
Education level
Nothing	29.7	4.1 (2.4–7.2)^&	3.1 (1.8–5.6)^&
Elementary school	18.0	2.1 (1.5–3.1)^&	2.0 (1.3–2.9)^&
Junior high	12.8	1.4 (0.9–2.1)^&	1.5 (1.0–2.1)^&
High school or upper	9.3	1.0	1.0
Lifetime condom use
Yes	14.1	0.9 (0.7–1.2)
No	15.3	1.0
History of STI
Yes/not known	21.2	1.6 (0.99–2.7)	1.7 (1.0–3.0)^&
No	14.2	1.0	1.0
Partners during last year
Three or more	31.1	2.9 (1.5–5.6)^&	2.2 (1.1–4.4)^&
Two	23.9	2.0 (1.4–2.9)^&	1.6 (1.1–2.4)^&
One	13.3	1.0	1.0
Partner infidelity
Yes	17.8	1.6 (1.2–2.2)^&
Not known	16.8	1.5 (1.1–2.0)^&
No	11.9	1.0
Prenatal consultations
0–2	19.1	1.5 (1.2–2.1)^&
3-4	15.2	1.2 (0.8–1.67)
5 or more	13.2	1.0
Person in charge of pregnancy control
No one	18.9	1.4 (0.9–2.2)
Midwife	23.3	1.8 (0.9–3.8)
Nursery	11.8	0.8 (0.4–1.7)
Doctor	14.1	1.0
Urine exam
No	18.4	1.5 (1.1–1.9)
Yes	13.2	1.0

OR_C: crude odds ratio; OR_A: adjusted odds ratio; ^&statistical significance.