Prevalence of HIV and syphilis infections among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Tanzania, 2011

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Table 3 Prevalence of syphilis in association with social-demographic characteristics of the ANC attendees, Tanzania 2011

Variables	Number	Syphilis Prevalence	cOR (95 % CI)	P-value	adOR (95 % CI)	P-value adOR
Marital status
Married	34,543	2.5	1		1
Single	4565	2.2	0.90(0.733–1.12)	0.35	1.19(0.95–1.48)	0.12
Divorced	78	4	1.64(0.52–5.22)	0.40	1.47(0.458–4.69)	0.52
Other	103	1.9	0.78(0.19–3.2)	0.74	0.8(0.19–3.28)	0.76
Age group
15–24	19,316	2.4	1		1
25–34	16,321	2.8	1.37(1.19–1.57)	<0.05	1.12(0.94–1.33)	0.20
35+	3725	3.3	1.66(1.34–2.03)	<0.05	1.06(0.81–1.39)	0.67
Not stated	336	1.6	0.77(0.31–1.86)	0.56	0.76(0.31–1.86)	0.55
Previous pregnancy
0	10,487	1.7	1		1
1–2	16,401	2.1	1.23(1.03–1.48)	0.06	1.13(0.93–1.39)	0.23
3–4	8121	3.3	1.94(1.60–2.35)	<0.05	1.50(1.17–1.92)	<0.05
>5	4004	4.2	2.48(2.00–3.08)	<0.05	1.70(1.27–2.29)	< 0.05
Not stated	694	1.6	0.95(0.52–1.76)	0.88	0.78(0.41–1.49)	0.46
Residence
Urban	20,397	1.69	1		1
Semi Urban	10,680	3.13	1.88(1.62–2.19)	< 0.05	1.65(1.40–1.93)	< 0.05
Rural	8621	3.2	1.89(1.61–2.24)	< 0.05	1.37(1.14–1.65)	<0.05
Education
No Formal Education	6017	4.5	1		1
Adult Education	255	3.2	1.40(0.44–4.46)	0.57	1.02(0.32–3.29)	0.97
Primary education	27,222	2.3	0.96(0.25–3.71)	0.96	0.73(0.19–2.85)	0.65
Secondary	5521	1.3	0.69(0.22–2.17)	0.52	0.58(0.18–1.87)	0.37
Post Secondary	581	0.7	0.39(0.12–1.28)	0.12	0.39(0.12–1.26)	0.12
Not stated	102	3.3	0.21(0.05–0.96)	0.04	0.22(0.05–0.99)	0.05
Duration of stay
Less than 6 months	4991	2.2	1		1
6 months and above	33,985	2.5	0.79(0.48–1.29)	0.34	1.01(0.61–1.67)	0.97
Not stated	722	2.8	0.89(0.56–1.42)	0.63	0.87(0.55–1.38)	0.56

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