From: Capsular gene distribution and RAPD typing of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from pregnant women
Demographic data of the participants | No. (%) of participants | No (%) of isolates containing a capsular type | p-value | ||||
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Ia | Ib | III | V | Non-typeable | |||
Age ranges (years-old) | |||||||
20–25 | 17 (16.03) | 4 (23.52) | 6 (35.29) | 0 | 0 | 7 (41.17) | 0.12 |
26–30 | 37 (34.90) | 9 (24.32) | 9 (24.32) | 2 (5.4) | 3 (8.1) | 14 (37.83) | 0.18 |
31–35 | 32 (30.18) | 4 (12.5) | 9 (28.12) | 0 | 3 (9.37) | 16 (50) | 0.34 |
36–40 | 18 (16.98) | 3 (16.66) | 7 (38.88) | 2 (11.11) | 0 | 6 (33.33) | 0.38 |
41–45 | 2 (1.88) | 0 | 1 (50) | 0 | 0 | 1 (50) | 0.08 |
Occupation | |||||||
Housewife | 88 (83.01) | 18 (20.45) | 28 (31.81) | 4 (4.54) | 2 (2.27) | 38 (43.18) | 0.21 |
Employee | 6 (5.66) | 2 (33.33) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (66.66) | 0.11 |
Teacher | 8 (7.54) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (50) | 4 (50) | 0.08 |
Physician | 2 (1.88) | 0 | 2 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Other | 2 (1.88) | 0 | 2 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Education level | |||||||
High school | 47 (44.33) | 10 (21.27) | 14 (29.78) | 4 (8.51) | 0 | 23 (48.93) | 0.19 |
Above High school | 59 (55.66) | 10 (16.94) | 18 (30.50) | 0 | 6 (10.16) | 25 (42.37) | 0.21 |
Sampling centers | |||||||
Shafa | 52 (49.05) | 10 (19.23) | 15 (28.84) | 2 (3.84) | 4 (7.69) | 21 (40.38) | 0.22 |
Moghadam | 43 (40.56) | 3 (6.97) | 15 (34.88) | 2 (4.65) | 2 (4.65) | 21 (48.83) | 0.22 |
Royan | 4 (3.77) | 1 (25) | 2 (50) | 0 | 0 | 1 (26) | 0.09 |
Nime Shaban | 5 (4.71) | 4 (80) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (20) | 0.04 |
Shahhosseini | 2 (1.88) | 2 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Outpatient or inpatient | |||||||
Inpatient | 56 (52.83) | 14 (25) | 13 (23.21) | 2 (3.57) | 3 (5.35) | 24 (42.85) | 0.18 |
Outpatient | 50 (47.16) | 6 (12) | 19 (38) | 2 (4) | 3 (6) | 20 (40) | 0.16 |
Pregnancy number | |||||||
1 | 61 (57.54) | 9 (14.75) | 18 (29.50) | 2 (3.27) | 2 (3.27) | 30 (49.18) | 0.25 |
2 | 18 (16.98) | 1 (5.55) | 6 (33.33) | 0 | 2 (11.11) | 9 (50) | 0.25 |
3 | 19 (17.92) | 8 (42.10) | 6 (31.57) | 0 | 2 (10.52) | 3 (15.78) | 0.07 |
4 | 6 (5.66) | 2 (33.33) | 0 | 2 (33.33) | 0 | 2 (33.33) | 0.09 |
5 | 2 (1.88) | 0 | 2 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Pregnancy week | |||||||
35th | 12 (11.32) | 1 (8.33) | 4 (33.33) | 0 | 0 | 7 (58.33) | 0.23 |
36th | 26 (24.52) | 9 (34.61) | 6 (23.07) | 2 (7.69) | 0 | 9 (34.61) | 0.09 |
37th | 68 (64.15) | 10 (14.70) | 22 (32.35) | 2 (2.94) | 6 (8.82) | 28 (41.17) | 0.12 |
Abortion number | |||||||
0 | 75 (70.75) | 15 (20) | 23 (30.66) | 2 (2.66) | 4 (5.33) | 31 (41.33) | 0.12 |
1 | 19 (17.92) | 1 (5.26) | 5 (26.31) | 0 | 2 (10.52) | 11 (57.89) | 0.23 |
2 | 10 (9.43) | 4 (40) | 2 (20) | 2 (20) | 0 | 2 (20) | 0.04 |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
4 | 2 (1.88) | 0 | 2 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Membrane rupture number | |||||||
0 | 88 (83.01) | 18 (20.45) | 28 (31.81) | 2 (2.27) | 6 (6.81) | 34 (38.63) | 0.28 |
1 | 18 (16.98) | 2 (11.11) | 4 (22.22) | 2 (11.11) | 0 | 10 (55.55) | 0.19 |