Toxoplasma gondii Infection and Threatened Abortion in Women from Northern Peru
Table 2
T. gondii seropositivity and other factors associated with threatened abortion in pregnant women, bivariate analysis.
Variables
Threatened abortion
value
No ()
Yes ()
(%)
(%)
Area of residence
0.017
Rural
107 (89.9)
12 (10.1)
Urban
50 (76.9)
15 (23.1)
Age (years)¶‡
0.565
Number of pregnancies†§‡‡
2 (1-10)
2 (1-7)
0.827
History of threatened abortion
<0.001
No
130 (90.9)
13 (9.1)
Yes
27 (65.9)
14 (34.2)
Family history of abortion†
0.144
No
131 (86.2)
21 (13.8)
Yes
24 (96.0)
1 (4.0)
Drinking water consumption
0.628
No
97 (84.4)
18 (15.7)
Yes
60 (87.0)
9 (13.0)
Consumption of raw vegetables
0.064
No
11 (68.8)
5 (31.3)
Yes
146 (86.9)
22 (13.1)
History of urinary tract infection during pregnancy†
0.031
No
143 (88.8)
18 (11.2)
Yes
14 (70.0)
6 (30.0)
T. gondii seropositivity
0.131
No
105 (88.2)
14 (11.8)
Yes
52 (80.0)
13 (20.0)
‡Mean and standard deviation. ‡‡Median (minimum value to maximum value). †Some values do not add up to 218 due to missing data. values calculated with test for independence. values calculated with Fisher’s exact test. ¶ value calculated with Student’s -test for constant variances. § value calculated with Mann–Whitney test.
