Thrombocytopenia Among Pregnant Women in Southwest Ethiopia: Burden, Severity, and Predictors

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic, Reproductive, and Related Characteristics of Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Clinics at Wolkite University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia, May to August 2021

Variables	Categories	Frequency (Percentage)
Age in years	≤29	220 (52.1%)
	>29	202 (47.9)
Residence	Urban	202 (47.9)
	Rural	220 (52.1)
Marital status	Singe	23 (5.5)
	Married	399 (94.5)
Educational status	Illiterate	135 (32)
	Primary	65 (15.4)
	Secondary	104 (24.6)
	Tertiary	30 (7.1)
	College/university	88 (20.9)
Occupational status	Housewife	207 (49.1)
	Merchant	91 (21.6)
	Farmer	47 (11.1)
	Government employee	77 (18.2)
Monthly income in Ethiopia Birr	≤1500	322 (76.3)
	>1500	100 (23.7)
History of excess menstrual bleeding	No	401 (95)
	Yes	21 (5)
History of abortion	No	349 (82.7)
	Yes	73 (17.3)
ANC follow up in previous pregnancy	No	150 (35.5)
	Yes	272 (64.5)
Iron or folate supplementation	No	160 (37.9)
	Yes	262 (62.1)
Trimester	First	117 (27.7)
	Second	129 (30.6)
	Third	176 (41.7)
Number of children	No	89 (21.1)
	One	136 (32.2)
	Two	83 (19.7)
	Three	58 (13.7)
	Four or more	56 (13.3)
Alcohol consumption	No	296 (70.1)
	Yes	126 (29.9)
HIV status	Negative	413 (97.9)
	Positive	9 (2.1)

Table 2 Predictors Associated with Thrombocytopenia Among Study Participants, 2021

Variables	Categories	Thrombocytopenia		COR (95% CI)	P-value	AOR (95% CI)	P-value
		No	Yes
Age in years	≤29	196 (89.1)	24 (10.9)	1		1
	>29	165 (81.7)	37 (18.3)	1.83 (1.05, 3.18)	0.032	1.9 (1.04, 3.44)	0.03
Residence	Urban	186 (92.1)	16 (7.9)	1		1
	Rural	175 (79.5)	45 (20.5)	2.98 (1.6, 5.4)	< 0.00	2.9 (1.5, 5.8)	0.001
Educational status	Illiterate	105 (77.8)	30 (22.2)	2.5 (1.1, 5.5)	0.024	2.1 (0.9, 5)	0.07
	Primary	57 (87.7)	8 (12.3)	1.2 (0.4, 3.3)	0.68	0.8 (0.2, 2.5)	0.7
	Secondary	97 (93.3)	7 (6.7)	0.6 (0.22, 1.77)	0.36	0.6 (0.2, 1.8)	0.4
	Tertiary	23 (76.7)	7 (23.3)	2.6 (0.89, 7.9)	0.07	1.8 (0.5, 5.8)	0.3
	Higher	79 (89.8)	9 (10.2)	1		1
History of excess menstrual bleeding	No	345 (86)	56 (14)	1		1
	Yes	16 (76.2)	5 (23.8)	1.9 (0.6, 5.4)	0.21	3 (0.96, 9.7)	0.059
Alcohol consumption	No	263 (88.9)	33 (11.1)	1		1
	Yes	98 (77.8)	28 (22.2)	2.27 (1.3, 3.9)	0.004	2.48 (1.3, 4.5)	0.003
HIV status	Negative	357 (86.4)	56 (13.6)	1		1
	Positive	4 (44.4)	5 (55.6)	7.9 (2.07, 30.5)	0.002	8.5 (1.9, 18.4)	0.005

Abbreviations: AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; COR, crude odds ratio; 1, reference category.