Seroprevalence of Gestational and Neonatal Toxoplasmosis as well as Risk Factors in Yaoundé, Cameroon

Table 2

Seropositivity of T. gondii antibodies by sociodemographic, clinical/obstetric history, and exposure habits.

Characteristics	Category		Prevalence of toxoplasma IgG antibody, (%)	value	Prevalence of toxoplasma IgM antibody, (%)	value
Age group (years)	15-24	88	62 (70.5)	5.962	6 (6.8)	0.131
	25-34	165	133 (80.6)		12 (7.3)
	35-44	47	41 (87.2)	0.051	4 (8.5)	0.937
Education	No formal education	3	3 (100)	6.996	0 (0)	2.536
	Primary	20	13 (65)	0.072	2 (10)	0.469
	Secondary	216	166 (76.9)		13 (6)
	Tertiary	61	54 (88.5)		7 (11.5)
Marital status	Single	147	118 (80.3)	0.486	13 (8.8%)	0.989
	Married	81	63 (77.8)		5 (6.2)
	Concubine	72	55 (76.4)	0.784	4 (5.6)	0.610
Profession	Civil servant	15	13 (86.7)	5.408	3 (20)	4.047
	Private sector	47	41 (87.2)		4 (8.5)
	Self-employed	80	61 (76.5)	0.368	5 (6.3)	0.400
	Student	74	59 (72.8)		5 (6.8)
	Unemployed	81	3 (100)		5 (6)
Household income	<50,000 FCFA	80	58 (72.5)	2.526	3 (3.8)	2.063
	50,000-100,000 FCFA	186	151 (81.5)		16 (8.6)
	>100,000 FCFA	34	27 (79.4)	0.283	3 (8.8)	0.356
HIV status	Positive	27	20 (74.1)	1.084	1 (3.7)	2.055
	Negative	257	202 (78.6)		16 (8.6)
	Unknown	16	14 (87.5)	0.582	3 (8.8)
Gravidity	Primigravida	79	64 (81)	2.216	4 (5.1)
	Multigravida	164	124 (75.6)	0.330	14 (8.5)	0.620
	Grandmultivida	57	48 (82.2)		4 (7)
Parity	Primipa	134	104 (77.6)	2.539	8 (6)	0.763
	Multipa	157	123 (78.3)		13 (8.3)
	Grandmultipa	9	9 (100)	0.281	1 (11.1)	0.683
ANC visits	Less than 4 visits	94	74 (78.7)	0.001	8 (8.5)	0.003
	More than 4 visits	206	162 (78.6)	0.987	15 (7.4)	0.957
History of stillbirth	Yes	15	9 (60)	3.278	1 (6.7)	0.010
	No	285	227 (79.6)	0.070	21 (7.4)	0.919
History of abortion	Yes	97	79 (81.4)	0.659	7 (7.2)	0.003
	No	203	157 (77.3)	0.417	15 (7.4)	0.957
Consuming bushmeat	Yes	176	137 (77.8)	0.173	8 (8.5)	0.166
	No	124	99 (79.8)	0.677	14 (6.8)	0.683
Habit of tasting undercooked meat	Yes	188	149 (79.3)	0.104	12 (6.4)	0.669
	No	112	87 (72.2)	0.747	10 (8.9)	0.413
Habit of eating “soya”	Yes	264	210 (79.5)	1.012	17 (6.4)	2.587
	No	36	26 (72.2)	0.382	5 (13.9)	0.108
Always disinfecting vegetables/fruits before eating	Yes	257	200 (77.8)	0.764	18 (7)	0.286
	No	43	36 (83.7)	0.382	4 (9.3)	0.593
Drinking water source	Yes	271	212 (78.2)	0.320	20 (7.4)	0.009
	No	29	24 (82.8)	0.883	2 (6.9)	0.924
Presence of cats at home	Yes	66	56 (84.8)	1.927	5 (7.6)	0.007
	No	234	180 (76.9)	0.111	17 (7.3)	0.932
Presence of cats and/other animals in neighbourhood	Yes	95	80 (84.2)	2.546	5 (5.3)	0.877
	No	205	156 (76.1)	0.111	17 (8.3)	0.349