Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Associated Risk Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Prenatal Care in the Northwestern Ethiopia

Table 2

Univariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis on sociodemographic and obstetric factors associated with IPIs among pregnant women 2019 ().

Sociodemographic variables	Intestinal parasite		COR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)	value
	Positive (%)	Negative (%)
Age category (year)				0.734
15-19	10 (50.0)	10 (50.0)	5.0 (0.49-50.83)	0.174
20-24	59 (37.1)	100 (62.9)	2.95 (0.34-25.86)	0.329
25-29	49 (36.8)	84 (56.4)	2.92 (0.33-25.69)	0.335
30-34	11 (33.3)	22 (66.7)	2.50 (0.26-24.09)	0.428
35-39	11 (33.3)	22 (66.7)	2.50 (0.26-24.09)	0.428
40 and above	1 (16.7)	5 (83.3)	1
Marital status				0.572
Single	19 (32.8)	39 (67.2)	0.79 (0.43-1.43)	0.432
Divorced	13 (31.7)	28 (68.3)	0.75 (0.37-1.51)	0.420
Married	109 (38.2)	176 (61.7)	1
Education level				0.004
Illiterate	34 (49.3)	35 (50.7)	5.69 (2.25-14.42)	≤0.001	4.63 (1.37-15.66)	0.014
Writing and reading	64 (36.8)	110 (63.2)	3.41 (1.44-8.04)	0.005	3.64 (1.15-11.54)	0.028
High school	36 (38.7)	57 (61.3)	3.69 (1.49-9.13)	0.005	4.04 (1.26-12.91)	0.019
College and university	7 (14.6)	41 (85.4)	1		1
Residence
Rural	84 (44.7)	104 (55.3)	1.97 (1.29-3.00)	0.002	1.56 (0.99-2.47)	0.056
Urban	57 (29.1)	139 (70.9)	1		1
Monthly income				≤0.001
Less than 500	45 (56.3)	35 (43.7)	3.77 (2.06-6.91)	≤0.001	3.49 (1.72-7.07)	0.001
500–1000	66 (35.5)	120 (64.5)	1.61 (0.97-2.69)	0.067	1.48 (0.83-2.64)	0.180
Above 000	30 (25.4)	88 (74.6)	1		1
Occupation				0.019
Daily laborer	15 (26.3)	42 (73.7)	1.39 (0.54-3.56)	0.494	0.26 (.071-0.95)	0.042
Student	6 (40.0)	9 (60.0)	2.59 (0.73-9.19)	0.140	0.40 (0.08-2.02)	0.269
House wife	112 (41.8)	157 (58.6)	2.75 (1.27-5.95)	0.010	0.63 (0.2-1.97)	0.429
Civil servant	9 (20.5)	35 (79.5)	1		1
Gravidity				0.084
Primigravida	89 (41.6)	125 (58.4)	1.71 (0.88-3.31)	0.112	2.04 (1.01-4.12)	0.048
Bigravidae	37 (31.1)	82 (68.9)	1.08 (0.53-2.22)	0.828	1.35 (0.62-2.91)	0.449
Multigravidae	15 (29.4)	36 (70.6)	1		1
Gestation period				0.406
1st trimester	43 (39.8)	65 (60.2)	1.45 (0.82-2.56)	0.203
2nd trimester	66 (37.9)	108 (62.1)	1.34 (0.79-2.25)	0.272
3rd trimester	32 (31.4)	70 (68.6)	1

1: reference category. : statistically significant value.