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Table 5 Factors associated with toxoplasmosis among HIV infected women at Mizan Aman General Hospital, Ethiopia, 2015

From: Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and associated risk factors among HIV-infected women within reproductive age group at Mizan Aman General Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Variable

Sero-status

Crude OR [95% CI]

Adjusted OR [95% CI]

Positive

Negative

Age

18–27

84

4

1

1

28–37

124

7

17.71 [8.27, 37.93]*

2.57 [1.00, 6.59]*

38–49

47

4

11.75 [4.23, 32.61]*

1.93 [0.58, 6.31]

Educational level

Only read & write/below

64

3

21.3 [6.70, 67.90]*

4.46 [1.2, 16.59]*

Primary school

140

8

17.5 [8.58, 35.68]*

3.56 [1.481, 8.56]*

High school and above

51

4

1

1

Occupation

Housewife

100

3

1

1

Merchant

86

6

14.33 [6.26, 32.79]*

 

Government employee

26

4

6.5 [2.26, 18.62]*

 

Farmer

43

2

21.5 [5.20, 88.75]*

 

Hand wash before meal

Yes

206

13

1

1

No

49

2

24.5 [5.95, 100.74]*

3.26 [0.71, 15.03]

Contact with cat

Yes

25

2

1

 

No

230

13

17.692 [10.119, 30.935]*

 

Eat uncooked vegetable

Yes

113

7

16.14 [7.52, 34.63]*

 

No

142

8

1

 

Eat uncooked meat

Yes

66

1

66 [9.16, 475.521]*

6.61 [0.84, 51.50]

No

189

14

1

1

Drug addiction

Yes

147

5

29.4 [12.05, 71.68]*

4.48 [1.60, 12.55]*

No

108

10

1

 

Drinking water source

Unsafe water

69

3

23 [7.24, 73.07]*

 

Safe water

186

12

1

 

History of abortion

Yes

63

7

9 [4.12,19.65]*

 

No

192

8

1

 
  1. OR odd ratio
  2. * Found significant at 0.05 level significance