Seroprevalence and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women following antenatal care at Mizan Aman General Hospital, Bench Maji Zone (BMZ), Ethiopia

Table 3 Independent Predictors of T. gondii Seroprevalence among pregnant women attending ANC at Mizan-Aman General hospital, south west Ethiopia, 2015

Variable	IgG Positive (n)	COR (95 % CI)	AOR (95 % CI)	P-value
Residence
Urban	135	Ref.	Ref.	0.421
Rural	63	0.66 [0.28, 1.54]	1.52 [0.64, 3.62]	0.421
Occupation
Housewives	129	Ref.	Ref.
Employed	35	0.79 [0.31, 2.01]	0.78 [0.30, 2.02]	0.392
Others	34	0.83 [0.25, 2.73]	0.72 [0.21, 2.43]	0.214
Ownership of cats
No	142	Ref…	Ref.
Yes	56	1.4 [0.180, 2.62]	0.89 [0.52, 2.29]	0.065
Contact with cat
No	77	Ref	Ref.
Yes	121	2.01 [1.48, 3.64]	2.37 [1.16, 3.57]	0.010*
Consumption of raw meat
No	105	Ref.	Ref
Yes	93	2.71 [1.23, 5.96]	2.03 [0.84, 4.93]	0.122
Age category
16–20	70	Ref.	Ref.
21–30	103	0.741 [0.31, 1.77]	0.26 [.69, 1.21]	0.242
> 30	25	2.8 [1.08- 7.25]	0.98 [.11, 2.07]	0321
Education level
Illiterate	48	Ref.	Ref.
can read and write	40	1.20 [0.43, 3.31]	0.66 [0.15, 2.97]	0.642
primary	36	1.77 [0.68, 4.67]	0.69 [0.18, 2.50]	0.283
Secondary	46	0.23 [0.05, 1.13]	1.67 [0.51, 5.53]	0.261
Tertiary	28	0.38 [0.08, 1.88]	3.3 [0.94, 11.78]	0.083
Contact with soil
No	106	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	92	1.32 [1.48, 3.16)	2.49 [1.53, 3.86)	0.002*
Stages of pregnancy
1^st trimester	56	Ref.	Ref.
2^nd trimester	100	0.61 [0.23, 1.62]	0.64 [0.24, 1.69]	0.284
3^rd trimester	42	0.54 [0.22, 1.27]	0.56 [0.23, 1.35]	0.453
Number of Gravida
One	77	Ref.	Ref.
More than one	121	0.64 [0.31, 1.32]	1.46 [0.69, 3.08]	0.122

COR Crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, *Significant association (P < 0.05)

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