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Table 2 Sociodemographic, clinic and obstetric characteristics of study participants

From: Detection of sexually transmitted infection agents in pregnant women using multiplex polymerase chain reaction method

Characteristics

Total

Symptomatic group

Asymptomatic group

p value

N

%

N

%

N

%

Age, years, median(IQR)

26

(23–30)

27

(24–30)

26

(23–31)

0.804

Age group (years)

       

18–25

130

(43.3)

52

(46.0)

78

(41.7)

 

26–35

146

(48.7)

51

(45.1)

95

(50.8)

0.628

36–45

24

(8.0)

10

(8.8)

14

(7.5)

 

Etnicity

       

Turkish

263

(87.7)

102

(90.3)

161

(86.1)

0.287

Foreign national

37

(12.3)

11

(9.7)

26

(13.9)

 

Location

       

Urban

298

(99.3)

111

(100)

187

(100)

0.141

Rural

2

(0.7)

2

(0)

0

(0)

 

Education

       

No formal education

25

(8.3)

10

(8.8)

15

(8.0)

 

Primary

66

(22.0)

20

(17.7)

46

(24.6)

0.034

Middle

137

(45.7)

63

(55.8)

74

(39.6)

 

High-school

72

(24.0)

20

(17.7)

52

(27.8)

 

Gravida

       

Primigravida

131

(43.7)

48

(42.5)

83

(44.4)

 

Second

84

(28.0)

29

(25.7)

55

(29.4)

0.547

Third and onwards

85

(28.3)

36

(31.9)

49

(26.2)

 

History of STI

       

Non

299

(99.7)

113

(100)

186

(99.5)

0.999

Yes

1

(0.3)

0

(0)

1

(0.5)

 

Condom use

       

Non

286

(95.3)

108

(95.6)

178

(95.2)

0.877

Yes

14

(4.7)

5

(4.4)

9

(4.8)

 
  1. IQR, interquartil range; STI, sexually transmitted infection