Research Article

Hepatitis B and C Viruses’ Infection and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Hospitals in the Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia

Table 3

Binary logistic regression of sociodemographic characteristics in relation to HBV infection among pregnant women in the Amhara national regional state in three tertiary hospitals from May 1, 2018, to September 30, 2019.

CharacteristicsCategoryNumber (%)HBV statusCrude odds ratio (COR) (95% CI)
PosNeg

ReligionOrthodox987 (95.0)44 (4.5)943 (95.5)1
Others52 (5)4 (7.7)48 (92.3)1.98 (0.67–5.8)
ResidenceUrban895 (79.8)38 (4.2)857 (95.8)1
Rural226 (20.2)14 (6.2)212 (93.81.5 (0.79–2.8)
Marital statusMarried1017 (97.8)43 (4.2)974 (95.8)1
Unmarried23 (2.2)5 (21.7)18 (78.3)3.9 (1.5–9.6)
Age17–25464 (39.6)30 (6.5)434 (93.5)2 (1.1–3.5)
26–45657 (60.4.)22 (3.3)635 (96.7)1
Income<1000159 (14.2)15 (9.4)144 (90.6)0.37 (0.2–0.7.0)
1000–4000799 (71.3)30 (3.8)769 (96.2)1
>4000163 (14.5)7 (4.3)156 (95.7)
EducationNo education254 (22.7)14 (5.5)240 (94.5)1.77 (0.68–4.5)
Primary + RW234 (20.9)11 (4.7)223 (95.3)1.64 (0.58–4.6)
High school and above633 (56.5.4)27 (4.3)606 (95.7)1.07 (0.39–2.9)
OccupationHousewife522 (62.4)23 (4.4)499 (95.8)1.49 (0.51–4.4)
Employed140 (16.8)5 (3.6)135 (96.4)1
Others174 (20.8)9 (5.2)165 (94.8)1.9 (0.56–6.15)
GravidaPrimigravida409 (36.5)24 (5.9)385 (94.1)1.2 (0.62–2.4)
Multigravida712 (63.5)28 (3.9)684 (961)1
ParityNullipara545 (48.6)33 (6.1)512 (93.9)1.85 (0.92–3.7)
Multipara576 (51.4)19 (3.5)557 (96.7)1

Others = Muslim, Protestant, and Catholic; RW = write and read.  = P < 0.001;  = .