Trichomonas vaginalis and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Bule Hora University Teaching Hospital, Oromia Region, Southern Ethiopia
Table 3
Bivariable and multivariable analysis of factors associated with T. vaginalis infection among pregnant women who followed ANC at Bule Hora University Teaching Hospital, Southern Ethiopia, 2022.
Variables
Category
TV (+), (%)
TV (-), (%)
COR (95% CI)
value
AOR (95% CI)
value
Age group
15-19
2 (10.5%)
17 (89.5%)
0.53 (0.06-4.41)
0.557
20-24
4 (7.8%)
47 (94.4%)
0.38 (0.06-2.41)
0.307
25-29
4 (5.6%)
68 (93.0%)
0.27 (0.04-1.66)
0.156
0.38 (0.05-2.95)
0.35
30-34
3 (18.2%)
40 (81.8%)
0.33 (0.05-2.33)
0.270
35-39
2 (7.0%)
9 (92.3%)
1
Marital status
Single
1 (14.3%)
6 (85.7%)
1
1
Married
12 (6.7%)
167 (93.3%)
0.43 (0.048-3.88)
0.453
Divorced
1 (16.7%)
5 (83.3%)
1.20 (0.06-24.47)
0.906
Widowed
1 (25.0%)
3 (75.0%)
2.00 (0.09-44.35)
0.661
Residency
Urban
8 (6.5%)
116 (93.5%)
1
Rural
7 (9.7%)
65 (90.3%)
1.56 (0.54-4.50)
0.409
Educational level
No formal education
4 (6.0%)
63 (94.0%)
1.65 (0.18-15.48)
0.661
Grades 1-8
8 (13.3%)
52 (86.7%)
4.00 (0.48-33.71)
0.202
2.81 (0.31-25.29)
0.36
Grades 9-12
2 (4.8%)
40 (95.2%)
1.30 (0.11-15.08)
0.834
1
College and above
1 (3.7%)
26 (96.3%)
1
Occupation
Employed
2 (9.5%)
19 (90.5%)
1
Unemployed
13 (7.4%)
162 (92.6%)
0.76 (0.16-3.64)
0.734
Gravidity
Primigravida
4 (4.5%)
84 (95.5%)
1
1
Multigravida
11 (10.2%)
97 (89.8%)
2.38 (0.73-7.76)
0.150
3.08 (0.88-10.69)
0.28
ANC visit
<4
3 (6.4%)
44 (93.6%)
1
≥4
12 (8.1%)
137 (91.9%)
0.78 (0.21-2.89)
0.708
History of contraceptive use
Yes
4 (7.3%)
51 (92.7%)
0.93 (0.28-3.05)
0.900
No
11 (7.8%)
130 (92.2%)
1
History of antibiotic use
Yes
1 (9.1%)
10 (90.9%)
1.22 (0.15-10.24)
0.854
No
14 (7.6%)
171 (92.4%)
1
Number of sex partner
1
6 (4.5%)
128 (95.5%)
1
1
≥2
9(14.5%)
53 (85.5%)
0.28 (0.09-0.81)
0.020
3.09 (1.00-9.55)
0.049
HIV status
Positive
1 (25.0%)
3 (75.0%)
4.24 (0.41-43.46)
0.224
1.96 (0.07-55.16)
0.693
Negative
14 (7.3%)
178 (92.7%)
1
1
History of abortion
Yes
2 (10.0%)
18 (90.0%)
1.393 (0.29-6.67)
0.678
No
13 (7.4%)
163 (92.6%)
1
Vaginal discharges
Yes
10 (9.7%)
93 (90.3%)
1.89 (0.62-5.76)
0.261
No
5 (5.4%)
88 (94.6%)
1
History of chronic illness
Yes
2 (14.3%)
12 (85.7%)
2.17 (0.44-10.73)
0.343
No
13 (7.1%)
169 (92.9%)
1
Dysuria
Yes
4 (11.1%)
32 (88.9%)
1.69 (0.51-5.66)
0.392
No
11 (6.9%)
149 (93.1%)
1
Abbreviations: TV (+): Trichomonas vaginalis positive; TV (-): Trichomonas vaginalis negative; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; ANC: antenatal care; COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. Note: indicates the variable with in the bivariable analysis, and indicates the variable with in the multivariable analysis and is statistically significant.
