Toxoplasma gondii Infection and Threatened Abortion in Women from Northern Peru
Table 3
Association between T. gondii seropositivity and threatened abortion in pregnant women, simple and multiple regression analysis.
Characteristics
Simple regression
Multiple regression
PR
95% CI
PR
95% CI
Area of residence
Rural
Ref.
Ref.
Urban
2.29
1.14 - 4.60
0.020
0.99
0.40 - 2.48
0.985
Age (years)
0.99
0.94 - 1.03
0.515
0.91
0.86 - 0.97
0.006
Number of pregnancies
1.01
0.83 - 1.23
0.928
History of threatened abortion
No
Ref.
Ref.
Yes
3.76
1.92 - 7.36
<0.001
5.22
2.45 - 11.12
<0.001
Family history of abortion
No
Ref.
Ref.
Yes
0.29
0.04 - 2.07
0.217
0.33
0.04 - 2.59
0.290
Drinking water consumption
No
Ref.
Ref.
Yes
0.83
0.40 - 1.75
0.631
0.81
0.33 - 2.00
0.643
Consumption of raw vegetables
No
Ref.
Ref.
Yes
0.42
0.18 - 0.96
0.039
0.47
0.17 - 1.29
0.143
History of urinary tract infection during current pregnancy
No
Ref.
Ref.
Yes
2.68
1.20 - 5.98
0.016
1.29
0.50 - 3.30
0.595
T. gondii seropositivity
No
Ref.
Ref.
Yes
1.70
0.85 - 3.40
0.134
2.45
1.15 - 5.21
0.020
Adjusted for area of residence, age, number of pregnancies, history of threatened abortion, family history of abortion, drinking water consumption, consumption of raw vegetables, and history of urinary tract infection during pregnancy. values obtained with generalized linear models with Poisson family of distribution, log-link function, and robust variance.
