Research Article
Asymptomatic Bacteriuria among Pregnant Women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Prevalence, Causal Agents, and Their Antimicrobial Susceptibility
Table 1
Association of demographic characteristics with ASBU in pregnant women attending antenatal care services in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (N = 281).
| Variables | No. tested | +ve for ASBU | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | value |
| Type of health facility | No. (%) | | | | | Private | 78 | 14 (18) | 1.03 (0.50, 2.12) | 0.62 (0.23, 1.66) | 0.34 | Government | 203 | 30 (14.8) | | | |
| Age | | | | | | 18–24 | 74 | 9 (12.2) | 1.41 (0.46, 4.00) | 2.31 (0.63, 8.50) | 0.23 | 25–34 | 166 | 28 (16.9) | 0.78 (0.30, 201) | | | 35–49 | 41 | 7 (17.1) | | | |
| Marital status | | | | | | Married | 247 | 41 (16.6) | 0.49 (0.14, 1.67) | 0.52 (0.13, 2.05) | 0.35 | Unmarried | 34 | 3 (8.8) | | | |
| Educational status | | | | | | Illiterate | 39 | 9 (23.1) | 0.49 (0.19, 1.25) | 0.57 (0.14, 2.25) | 0.64 | Grades 1–12 | 133 | 20 (15) | 0.79 (0.38, 1.63) | | | ≥College | 109 | 15 (13.8) | | | |
| Income per month (ETB) | | | | | | ≤2000 | 101 | 19 (18.8) | 0.70 (0.36, 1.34) | 0.87 (0.39, 1.92) | 0.73 | >2000 | 180 | 25 (13.9) | | | |
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ETB: Ethiopian birr, COR: crude odds ratio, AOR: adjusted odds ratio, CI: confidence interval. Reference. |