Total (N=200) IgM positive (N=31) IgG positive (N=177)
Age in Year 26.7 (4.7) 25.67 (4.6) 26.1 (4.9)
Age group      
≤20 17 (8.5) 4 (12.9) 15 (8.5)
20-25 77 (38.5) 12 (38.7) 64 (36.2)
26-31 73 (36.5) 11 (35.5) 68 (38.4)
32-37 33 (16.5) 4 (12.9) 30 (16.9)
Educational Status      
Illiterate 38 (19.0) 4 (12.9) 31 (17.5)
Primary 57 (28.5) 12 (38.7) 53 (29.9)
Secondary 64 (32.0) 11 (35.5) 60 (34.0)
Certificate 26 (13.0) 2 (6.4) 21 (11.9)
Higher education 15 (7.5) 2 (6.4) 12 (6.8)
Occupation      
Civil servant 14 (7.0) 1 (3.2) 12 (6.8)
Housewife 133 (66.5) 21 (67.7) 121 (68.4)
Businesswoman, Student & others 53 (26.5) 9 (29.0) 44 (24.8)
Gestational age in month      
1st Trimester 17 (8.5) 1 (3.2) 16 (9.0)
2nd Trimester 44 (22.0) 8 (25.8) 38 (21.5)
3rd Trimester 139 (69.5) 22 (71.0) 123 (69.5)
Number of parity      
0 65 (32.5) 11 (35.5) 56 (31.6)
1 15 (7.5) 1 (3.2) 14 (7.9)
2 58 (29.0) 9 (29.0) 55 (31.1)
3 40 (20.0) 4 (12.9) 33 (18.6)
+4 22 (11.0) 6 (19.4) 19 (10.7)
No. children in house      
0 67 (33.5) 10 (32.2) 57 (32.2)
1 50 (35.0) 7 (22.6) 47 (26.5)
2 49 (24.5) 7 (22.6) 44 (24.9)
+3 34 (17.0) 7 (22.6) 29 (16.4)
Seven month of child (F-test)      
No 193 (96.5) 29 (93.5) 171 (96.6)
Yes 7 (3.5) 2 (6.5) 6 (3.4)
History of abortion (F-test)      
No 152 (76.0) 24 (77.4) 132 (74.6)
Yes 48 (24.0) 7 (22.5) 45 (25.4)
Frequency of abortion(F-test)      
0 152 (76.0) 24 (77.4) 132 (74.6)
1 34 (17.0) 4 (12.9) 33 (18.6)
+2 14 (7.0) 3 (9.7) 12 (6.8)
Child death (F-test)      
No 186 (93.0) 30 (96.8) 175 (98.9)
Yes 24 (7.0) 1 (3.2) 2 (1.1)
Mental retarded child (F-test)      
Yes 198 (99.0) 28 (90.3) 165 (93.2)
No 2 (1.0) 3 (9.7) 12 (6.8)
Long term fever (F-test)      
No 194 (97.0) 29 (93.5) 173 (97.7)
Yes 6 (3.0) 2 (6.5) 4 (2.3)
Note: Data are expressed as mean (SD), or number (percentage), Chi-square, Fisher’s Test, Gestational age was in week then converted to the categories, marital status was expressed in four categories (Married, Divorced, Separated, Widowed), Occupation (other means=mendicant and dependents) were categorized based on their life style status. Abortion was recorded if there is any either of spontaneous abortion or medical termination. Long term fever = a fever last longer than three or four days after noticed by a pregnant women. In this study, non-government means an employee of a private company. Number of children = toddlers.
Table 2: Distributions of CMV with Obstetrical, socio-demographical and clinical characteristic of the pregnant women in St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2014.