Table 3 Univariate and multiple logistic regression analysis of risk factors for cervicitis (C trachomatis and/or N gonorrhoeae) among 703 antenatal care clients in Gaborone, Botswana
From: Chlamydia and gonorrhoea in pregnant Batswana women: time to discard the syndromic approach?
| Â | Total women | Women with cervicitis | Multiple logistic regression | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | Odds ratio | p-value |
Age groups | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   <20 | 76 | (11) | 17 | (22) | 10.5 (3.59–30.72) | 0.000 |
   20–29 | 432 | (62) | 44 | (10) | 4.0 (1.60–10.10) | 0.003 |
   30+ | 195 | (28) | 6 | (3) | 1 |  |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Primary school or less | 168 | (24) | 17 | (10) | 1 |  |
   Junior secondary school | 310 | (44) | 36 | (12) | 0.6 (0.31–1.23) | 0.168 |
   Senior secondary or higher | 225 | (32) | 14 | (6) | 0.4 (0.16–0.80) | 0.013 |
Thin/runny discharge | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   No | 615 | (87) | 48 | (8) | 1 |  |
   Yes | 88 | (13) | 19 | (22) | 2.1 (1.06–4.24) | 0.035 |
WBC in cervical smear | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   None/few | 124 | (18) | 5 | (4) | 1 |  |
   1+ | 267 | (38) | 22 | (8) | 2.0 (0.72–5.52) | 0.188 |
   2+ | 171 | (24) | 18 | (11) | 2.7 (0.92–7.61) | 0.070 |
   3–4+ | 140 | (20) | 22 | (16) | 3.7 (1.31–10.66) | 0.014 |