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Table 1 Maternal CMV serostatus according to socio-demographic characteristics:

From: Awareness of cytomegalovirus and risk factors for susceptibility among pregnant women, in Montreal, Canada

 

Population

CMV negative

CMV positive

Crude OR (95 % CI)

p-value

Adjusted OR† (95 % CI)

p-value

N (column %)

N (row %)

N (row %)

  

N = 479

 

491 (100)

225 (46)

266 (54)

    

Age group

 18–30

185 (38)

83 (45)

102 (55)

1.00

 

0.95

 

(0.63–1.58)

0.98

(0.51–1.76)

0.87

 31–35

186 (38)

88 (47)

98 (53)

1.10

(0.69–1.74)

0.69

0.69

(0.39–1.23)

0.21

  ≥ 36

120 (24)

54 (45)

66 (55)

1

 

1

 

Born in Canada

     

 Yes

272 (55)

182 (67)

90 (33)

8.28

 

6.88

 

(5.45–12.58)

<0.0001

(4.33–10.94)

<0.0001

 No

219 (45)

43 (20)

176 (80)

1

 

1

 

Education level

     

 Up to university

188 (38)

76 (40)

112 (60)

1

 

1

 

 University

303 (62)

149 (49)

154 (51)

1.43

0.06

1.01

0.96

(0.99–2.06)

(0.60–1.70)

Family incomea (N = 479)

 Low

101 (21)

19 (19)

82 (81)

1

 

1

 

 Middle class

228 (48)

105 (46)

123 (54)

3.68

<0.0001

3.05

0.002

(2.10–6.47)

(1.54–6.04)

 High

150 (31)

98 (65)

52 (35)

8.13

<0.0001

4.68

0.0002

(4.46–14.85)

(2.09–10.48)

Other children

 0

229 (47)

113 (49)

116 (51)

2.08

0.01

1.59

0.30

(1.25–3.47)

(0.66–3.86)

 1

171 (35)

83 (49)

88 (51)

2.02

0.005

1.54

0.19

(1.18–3.44)

(0.81–2.93)

  ≥ 2

91 (18)

29 (32)

62 (68)

1

 

1

 

Daycare

 Yes

218 (44)

93 (43)

125 (57)

1

 

1

 

 No

273 (56)

132 (48)

141 (52)

1.26

0.21

1.14

0.74

(0.88–1.80)

(0.51–2.54)

Employment

 None

112 (23)

35 (31)

77 (69)

1

 

1

 

 DCW

25 (5)

11 (44)

14 (56)

1.73

 

1.81

 

(0.71–4.19)

0.23

(0.60–5.50)

0.29

 HCW

53 (11)

32 (60)

21 (40)

3.35

 

1.19

 

(1.70–6.62)

0.0005

(0.47–3.03)

0.71

 Others

301 (61)

147 (49)

154 (51)

2.10

 

0.92

 

(1.33–3.32)

0.002

(0.51–1.66)

0.78

  1. alow = ≤ 30,000 $/y, middle = 31–99,000 $/y, high = ≥ 100, 000$/y
  2. † OR adjusted for all variables in the table
  3. DCW daycare worker, HCW health care worker