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Table 1 Association between social demographic factors and GBS colonisation among pregnant women

From: Maternal and neonatal colonisation of group B streptococcus at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: prevalence, risk factors and antimicrobial resistance

Variable

Total

Number of

GBS isolated

Percentages

P-value

Age group

    

<20

26

4

15.4

 

20-24

86

19

22.1

 

25-29

107

23

21.5

0.43

30-34

56

18

32.1

 

>35

25

5

20

 

Marital status

    

Single

52

10

19.2

 

Married/Cohabiting

244

58

23.8

0.74

Divorced

3

1

33.3

 

Widow

1

0

0

 

Education level

    

None

8

3

37.5

 

Primary

145

30

20.7

0.54

Secondary

104

28

26.0

 

Post secondary

43

8

20.9

 

Number of sexual

    

partner

One

279

65

23.3

0.65

Multiple

21

4

19

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