Skip to main content

Table 5 Risk factors of GBS among study participants

From: Prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, serotypes and risk factors for group B streptococcus rectovaginal isolates among pregnant women at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya; a cross-sectional study

GBS Results

Odds Ratio

95% Conf. Interval

P

Maternal age (Years)

1.0

0.94–1.06

0.868

Parity

1.1

0.77–1.51

0.656

Parity group

2.3

0.87–5.99

0.092

Gestation Age

1.0

0.93–1.11

0.710

Gestation groups

0.8

0.45–1.51

0.528

Number of prior live births

1.1

0.77–1.51

0.669

Still births

0.7

0.46–1.16

0.187

History of pregnancy loss in prior pregnancies (abortion or ectopic)

1.3

0.77–2.20

0.331

History of preterm birth in prior pregnancy

1.0

0.64–1.51

0.948

Rupture of membranes for > 18 h before labour in prior pregnancy

0.7

0.30–1.60

0.396

Past history of neonatal death in first week of birth

2.1

0.80–5.60

0.130

Neonatal infection

0.5

0.15–1.61

0.238

Fore water break in past pregnancy/Rupture of membranes

1.4

0.23–8.41

0.725

  1. GBS Group B Streptococcus, Chi-square statistics was used to obtain P value