Bacterial vaginosis and other infections in pregnant women in Senegal

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Bacterial vaginosis (BV) risk factors in Senegalese pregnant women, 2013–2018

		BV + N = 85		BV – N = 371		Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
		n	%	n	%	crude OR	CI 95%	Adjusted OR	CI 95%
Age (years)	< 28	29	34.1	199	53.5	Ref	–
	≥ 28	56	65.9	173	46.5	2.22	1.35–3.66
Location	Suburban (Guédiawaye)	58	68.2	249	67.1	Ref	–
	Rural (Sokone)	27	31.8	122	32.9	0.95	0.57–1.57
Education	Formal education^β	36	42.4	128	34.5	Ref	–
	No formal education	49	57.6	243	65.5	0.71	0.44–1.16
Gravidity	Primigravida Multigravida Primigravida	9	10.6	98	26.4	Ref	–	Ref	-
	Multigravida	76	89.4	273	73.6	3.02	1.44–6.31	2.88	1.39–6.00
History of still birth	No	78	91.8	355	95.7		–
	Yes	7	8.2	16	4.3	2.00	0.79–5.03
Prenatal consultations	≥ 3	19	77.7	121	67.4	Ref	–	Ref	–
	< 3	66	22.3	250	32.6	1.67	0.96–2.92	1.55	0.88–2.70
Undernourished^Δ	No	62	95.4	274	94.5	Ref	–
	Yes	3	4.6	16	5.5	0.83	0.23–2.94
SP-IPTp^α	Yes	62	73.8	276	75.0	Ref	–
	No	22	26.2	92	25.0	1.06	0.62–1.83
Vaginal candidiasis	No	56	65.9	212	57.1	Ref	–
	Yes	29	34.1	159	42.9	0.69	0.42–1.14
Group B Streptococcus vaginal colonization	No	73	85.9	317	85.4	Ref	–
Group B Streptococcus vaginal colonization	Yes	12	14.1	54	14.6	0.96	0.49–1.90

^αIntermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine
^ΔBrachial perimeter < 24 cm use as a proxy of undernutrition
^βDefined as at least primary education

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