Table 2 Factors associated with seropositivity of Brucella antibodies among 398 participants
Univariate | P value | Multivariate | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | OR | 95% CI | |||
Age | 26 [22–30] years | 24 [20–30] years | 0.109 | 0.98 | 0.92–1.04 | 0.566 |
Gravidity | 2 [1–4] | 2 [1–3] | 0.044 | 1.10 | 0.89–1.35 | 0.356 |
Education | ||||||
Primary | 85 (33.5%) | 169 (66.5%) | 1 | |||
Secondary | 52 (47.7%) | 57 (52.3%) | 1.45 | 0.57–3.65 | 0.425 | |
Tertiary | 14 (40.0%) | 21 (60.0%) | 0.036 | 0.79 | 0.30–2.08 | 0.639 |
Occupation | ||||||
Peasants | 37 (32.2%) | 69 (66.4%) | 1 | |||
H/wife | 56 (41.5%) | 79 (58.5%) | 0.68 | 0.28–1.60 | 0.374 | |
Business | 37 (32.2%) | 78 (67.8) | 0.74 | 0.31–1.77 | 0.503 | |
Employed | 23 (52.3%) | 21 (47.7%) | 0.072 | 0.66 | 0.28–1.56 | 0.349 |
M/status | ||||||
Married | 136 (39.9%) | 205 (60.1%) | 1 | |||
Single | 15 (26.3%) | 42 (73.7%) | 0.051 | 2.13 | 0.99–4.57 | 0.05 |
HIV status | ||||||
Negative | 115 (38.3%) | 185 (61.7%) | 1 | |||
Unknown | 35 (41.2%) | 50 (58.8%) | 0.94 | 0.54–1.62 | 0.818 | |
Positive | 1 (7.7%) | 12 (92.3%) | 0.066 | 0.15 | 0.02–1.27 | 0.083 |
Population | ||||||
Full term | 65 (26.0%) | 185 (74.0%) | 1 | |||
Abortion | 86 (58.1%) | 62 (41.9%) | < 0.001 | 3.59 | 2.25–5.74 | < 0.001 |
History of abortion | ||||||
No | 135 (38.1%) | 219 (61.9%) | ||||
Yes | 16 (36.4%) | 28 (63.6%) | 0.819 | |||