Risk factors of tubal infertility in a tertiary hospital in a low-resource setting: a case-control study

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study population

Variables	Frequency cases = 77		Frequency controls = 154		Odd ratios	95% CI	P-value
Variables	N	%	N	%
Age (years)
15–25	1.0	1.3	37	24	0.07	0.09–0.51	0.09
25–35	55	71.4	96	62.3	0.67	0.38–1.19	0.171
35–45	21	27.3	21	13.6	3.64	1.92–6.88	< 0.001
Marital status
Single	24	31.2	62	40.3	0.67	0.38–1.20	0.18
Cohabitation	14	18.2	1	0.6	34	4.38–264.07	0.001
Monogamy	37	48.1	91	59.1	0.66	0.38–1.14	0.136
Polygamy	2	2.6	1	0.6	4.08	0.36–45.71	0.254
Level of education
Primary	28	36.4	46	29.9	0.86	0.44–1.67	0.66
Secondary	41	53.2	92	59.7	0.75	0.43–1.30	0.31
Tertiary	8	10.4	16	10.4	2.14	0.07–12.7	0.97
Profession
Civil servant	29	37.7	54	35.1	1.12	0.63–1.97	0.698
Private sector	14	18.2	22	14.3	1.33	0.64–2.78	0.443
Student/pupil	15	19.5	13	8.4	2.62	1.18–5.84	0.018
Self-employed	3	3.9	40	1.9	0.12	0.034–0.39	< 0.001
Housewife	16	20.8	25	16.2	1.42	0.70–2.87	0.327
Region of origin
Adamawa	2	2.6	4	2.6	1.34	0.22–8.21	0.75
Center	10	12.9	17	11.0	1.20	0.52–2.77	0.66
East	15	19.5	21	13.6	1.62	0.78–3.38	1.20
West	29	37.6	64	41.5	0.83	0.47–1.45	0.51
Northwest	1	1.3	3	1.9	0.66	0.07–6.47	0.72
Far North	1	1.3	4	2.6	0.49	0.05–4.49	0.53
North	2	2.6	6	3.9	0.66	0.13–3.34	0.61
South	7	9.1	13	8.4	1.09	0.41–2.84	0.87
Southwest	4	5.2	10	6.5	0.79	0.24–2.78	0.70
Littoral	6	7.8	12	7.8	1.00	0.36–2.78	1.00

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