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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of cases (PROM) & controls (NO PROM) in Mulago Hospital, Uganda

From: Genital infections and risk of premature rupture of membranes in Mulago Hospital, Uganda: a case control study

Variable

Cases (PROM)

N = 87 (100 %)

Controls (No PROM)

N = 87 (100 %)

P value

Religion

 Catholic

30 (36.0)

32 (37.0)

0.071

 Muslim

27 (32.0)

20 (23.0)

 

 Protestant

24 (29.0)

12 (12.0)

 

 Born again

3 (4.0)

23 (26.0)

 

Marital status

 Single

9 (10.0)

7 (8.0)

0.680

 Married/cohabiting

76 (87.0)

66 (75.0)

 

 Divorce/separated

2 (3.0)

14 (17.0)

 

Age

 <19.99

10 (11.4)

9 (10.3)

0.290

 20–34.99

73 (84.0)

69 (79.4)

 

 ≥35

4 (4.6)

9 (10.3)

 

Gravidity

 Primegravida

31 (35.6)

31 (35.6)

1.000

 Gravida 2–4

47 (54.1)

48 (55.2)

 

 Gravida 5 & above

9 (10.3)

8 (9.2)

 

Education

 Primary and below

27 (31.0)

30 (34.0)

0.680

 Secondary and tertiary

60 (69.0)

57 (66.0)

 

Occupation

 House wife

31 (35.6)

33 (38.0)

0.200

 Employed/business woman

34 (39.1)

33 (37.0)

 

 Othersa

22 (25.3)

21 (25.0)

 
  1. The table shows that the distribution of age, gravidity, education level, marital status, occupation and religion of 87 cases and 87 controls was similar
  2. aThis includes those unemployed and students