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Table 2 Demographic factors associated with tubal infertility (multivariate analysis)

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

Variable

Levels

Cases

Control

   

n (%)

n (%)

AOR

95% CI

Sig.

Age

15–25

1 (0.4)

37 (16.1)

0.072

0.01–0.67

0.021

26–35

56 (24.3)

94 (40.9)

0.592

0.27–1.31

0.195

35–45

22 (9.6)

20 (8.7)

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Marital status

Single

25 (10.9)

61 (26.5)

0.067

0.003–1.38

0.080

Cohabiting

14 (6.1)

1 (0.4)

1.995

0.06–66.79

0.700

Monogamy

38 (6.1)

88 (38.3)

0.051

0.003–1.02

0.052

Polygamy

2 (0.9)

1 (0.4)

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Level of education

Higher

28 (12.4)

31 (13.8)

1.734

0.82–0.67

0.151

Primary

15 (6.7)

33 (14.7)

0.688

0.28–1.70

0.419

Secondary

36 (16.0)

82 (36.4)

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Profession

Housewife

17 (7.4)

23 (10.0)

10.722

1.68–8.41

0.012

Private sector

14 (6.1)

21 (9.2)

6.191

0.93–41.10

0.059

Civil servant

30 (13.1)

53 (23.1)

5.451

0.92–32.35

0.062

Self-employed

15 (6.6)

13 (5.7)

17.077

2.52–115.78

0.004

Students

3 (1.3)

40 (17.5)

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  1. The procedure models cases as the response, treating control as the reference category
  2. AOR Adjusted odd ratio, CI Confidence interval