Table 1 Socio-demographic, obstetric profiles and risk factors associated with Toxoplasma seropositivity in pregnant women by univariate analysis
Variable | No. of pregnant women | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Total (n, %) | Toxoplasma seropositive (n, %) | Â |
|  | N = 760 | N = 190 |  |
Demographic profile | Â | Â | Â |
Age | |||
  Range 14–47 years |  |  |  |
  Mean 29.5 ± 6.34 years |  |  |  |
Age group | Â | Â | 0.042 |
  14–25 | 214 (28.2) | 40 (18.7) |  |
  26–35 | 408 (53.7) | 112 (27.5) |  |
  36-47 | 138 (18.2) | 38 (27.5) |  |
Education | Â | Â | 0.311 |
  Primary | 48 (6.3) | 16 (33.3) |  |
  Secondary | 343 (45.1) | 80 (23.3) |  |
  Tertiary | 369 (48.6) | 94 (25.5) |  |
Occupation | Â | Â | 0.002 |
  Labourer | 317 (41.7) | 95 (29.9) |  |
  Non-Labourer | 275 (36.2) | 69 (25.0) |  |
  Unemployed | 168 (22.1) | 26 (15.5) |  |
Obstetric history | Â | Â | Â |
Antibiotic usage | Â | Â | 0.801 |
  No | 664 (87.4) | 167 (25.2) |  |
  Yes | 96 (12.6) | 23 (23.9) |  |
Trimester | Â | Â | Â |
  First | 621 (81.7) | 162 (26.1) | 0.255 |
  Second | 129 (17.0) | 27 (20.9) |  |
  Third | 10 (1.3) | 1 (10.0) |  |
No. children | Â | Â | 0.460 |
  ≤1 | 637 (83.8) | 156 (24.5) |  |
  ≥2 | 123 (16.2) | 34 (27.6) |  |
History of abortion | Â | Â | 1.000 |
  No | 592 (77.9) | 148 (25.0) |  |
  Yes | 168 (22.1) | 42 (25.0) |  |
Awareness of toxoplasmosis | Â | Â | 0.320 |
  No | 708 (93.2) | 180 (25.4) |  |
  Yes | 52 (6.8) | 10 (19.2) |  |
Risk factors of toxoplasmosis | Â | Â | Â |
Close contact with cats | Â | Â | 0.258 |
  No | 482 (63.4) | 114 (23.7) |  |
  Yes | 278 (36.6) | 76 (27.3) |  |
Consumption of undercooked meat | Â | Â | 0.408 |
  No | 275 (36.2) | 64 (23.3) |  |
  Yes | 485 (63.8) | 126 (25.9) |  |
Receiving blood transfusion | Â | Â | 0.414 |
  No | 758 (99.7) | 190 (25.1) |  |
  Yes | 2 (0.26) | 0 (0) |  |
Drinking water from various source | Â | Â | 0.013 |
  Boiled | 75 (9.8) | 24 (32.0) |  |
  Mineral/Filtered | 597 (78.6) | 135 (22.6) |  |
  Piped/tap/rain | 88 (11.6) | 31 (35.2) |  |
Drinking milk | Â | Â | 0.693 |
  No | 97 (12.8) | 27 (27.8) |  |
  Boiled | 8 (1.1) | 3 (37.5) |  |
  Pasteurized | 649 (85.4) | 158 (24.3) |  |
  Non-Pasteurized | 6 (0.8) | 2 (33.3) |  |
Having contact with soil | Â | Â | 0.395 |
  No | 316 (41.6) | 74 (23.4) |  |
  Yes | 444 (58.4) | 116 (26.1) |  |
Close contact with other animals | Â | Â | 0.967 |
  No | 369 (48.6) | 92 (24.9) |  |
  Yes | 391 (51.4) | 98 (25.0) |  |