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Table 2 Variables associated with receiving untreated or inadequately treatment for maternal syphilis

From: Factors influencing treatment status of syphilis among pregnant women: a retrospective cohort study in Guangzhou, China

Variables

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Adjusted ORa (95% CI)

P-value

Age

0.98(0.95-1.00)

0.086

0.99 (0.96–1.02)

0.410

Residence status

    

 Local

reference

 

reference

 

 Migrant

3.91 (2.60–6.09)

< 0.001

1.83 (1.25–2.73)

0.003

Marital status

    

 First marriage

reference

 

reference

 

 Unmarried

3.15(2.18–4.53)

< 0.001

3.21 (1.97–5.28)

< 0.001

 Others

2.08(1.36–3.12)

0.001

1.26 (0.75–2.08)

0.372

Education

    

 Middle school or less

reference

 

reference

 

 High school and higher

0.48 (0.34–0.66)

< 0.001

0.69 (0.49–0.97)

0.033

Occupation

    

 Officer / Business / Service industry

reference

 

reference

 

 Farmer

2.23 (1.21–4.25)

0.012

1.74 (0.89–3.50)

0.109

 Unemployed / Others / Unknown

3.15 (1.92–5.46)

< 0.001

2.43 (1.41–4.39)

0.002

Multipara

    

 No

reference

 

reference

 

 Yes

2.66 (1.87–3.83)

< 0.001

3.68 (2.51–5.50)

< 0.001

History of adverse pregnancy outcome

   

 No

reference

 

reference

 

 Yes

0.60(0.39–0.89)

0.014

0.66 (0.44–0.98)

0.045

History of syphilis infection

   

 No

reference

 

reference

 

 Yes

0.42 (0.30–0.59)

< 0.001

0.59 (0.42–0.82)

0.002

Current staging of syphilis infection

   

 Latent

reference

 

reference

 

 Primary / Secondary / Tertiary

0.74 (0.38–1.37)

0.363

1.15 (0.79–1.66)

0.478

Non-treponemal serum test titer

   

 < 1:8

reference

 

reference

 

 ≥ 1:8

1.34 (0.94–1.89)

0.108

1.15(0.79–1.66)

0.477

Location of diagnosing hospital

   

 Urban

reference

 

reference

 

 Suburban

1.74 (1.20–2.55)

0.004

1.19 (0.81–1.76)

0.374

 Rural

1.07 (0.72–1.58)

0.746

0.87 (0.58–1.30)

0.495

Type of diagnosing hospital

   

 Public

reference

 

reference

 

 Private

2.64 (1.47–4.74)

0.001

1.45 (0.74–2.85)

0.275

Grade of diagnosing hospital

   

 Township

reference

 

reference

 

 District

0.50 (0.33–0.75)

< 0.001

0.72 (0.46–1.13)

0.148

 Municipal / Provincial

0.49 (0.34–0.71)

< 0.001

0.77 (0.51–1.18)

0.229

  1. Abbreviations: OR odds ratio, CI confidence intervals
  2. a: Adjusted for age, residence, marital status, education, multipara status, history of adverse pregnancy outcome, history of syphilis infection, current staging of syphilis infection, non-treponemal serum test titer, location of diagnosing hospital, type of diagnosing hospital, and grade of diagnosing hospital.