Skip to main content

Table 1 Association of socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women (n = 141) with L. monocytogenes in Mekelle Hospital and Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia [Feb–May, 2016]

From: Prevalence and drug resistance pattern of Listeria monocytogenes among pregnant women in Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Frequency

Percent (%)

L. monocytogenes

P-value

COR (95% CI)

Positive

Negative

Age (years)

 15–24

58

41.1

8 (13.8)

50 (86.2)

 

1

 25–34

68

48.2

3 (4.4)

65 (95.6)

0.077

3.47 (0.88–13.74)

 35–44

15

10.6

1 (6.7)

14 (93.3)

0.465

2.24 (0.26–19.46)

Residence

 Urban

111

78.7

9 (8.1)

102 (91.9)

 

1

 Rural

30

21.3

3 (10)

27 (90)

0.742

0.79 (0.20–3.13)

Educational status

 Unable to read and write

14

9.9

1 (7.1)

13 (92.9)

0.95

1.08 (0.09–13.1)

 Read and write

13

9.2

1 (7.7)

12 (92.3)

1

1 (0.08–12.16)

 Elementary school

36

25.5

3 (8.3)

33 (91.7)

0.927

0.92 (0.14–5.92)

 Secondary school

52

36.9

5 (9.6)

47 (90.4)

0.78

0.78 (0.14–4.34)

 College level

26

18.4

2 (7.7)

24 (92.3)

 

1

Occupation

 Government employee

13

9.2

1 (7.7)

12 (92.3)

 

1

 Merchant

20

13.5

1 (5)

19 (95)

0.753

1.58 (0.09–27.77)

 Daily worker

21

14.9

1 (4.8)

20 (95.2)

0.727

1.67 (0.1–29.18)

 House wife

87

62.4

9 (10.3)

78 (89.7)

0.767

0.72 (0.08–6.22)