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).

VariablesNo. tested+ve for ASBUCOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI) value

Type of health facilityNo. (%)
 Private7814 (18)1.03 (0.50, 2.12)0.62 (0.23, 1.66)0.34
 Government20330 (14.8)

Age
 18–24749 (12.2)1.41 (0.46, 4.00)2.31 (0.63, 8.50)0.23
 25–3416628 (16.9)0.78 (0.30, 201)
 35–49417 (17.1)

Marital status
 Married24741 (16.6)0.49 (0.14, 1.67)0.52 (0.13, 2.05)0.35
 Unmarried343 (8.8)

Educational status
 Illiterate399 (23.1)0.49 (0.19, 1.25)0.57 (0.14, 2.25)0.64
 Grades 1–1213320 (15)0.79 (0.38, 1.63)
 ≥College10915 (13.8)

Income per month (ETB)
 ≤200010119 (18.8)0.70 (0.36, 1.34)0.87 (0.39, 1.92)0.73
 >200018025 (13.9)

ETB: Ethiopian birr, COR: crude odds ratio, AOR: adjusted odds ratio, CI: confidence interval.Reference.