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Table 2 The demographic data of the 106 pregnant women included in the present study

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

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