Risk factors and frequency of asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy

Aim: to determine the risk factors and frequency of asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy. design: cross-sectional study. place and duration of study: surayya azeem (waqf) hospital from august,2010 to july,2011. methods: 580 women were selected by systemic random sampling data collected was coded,computed and analyzed on spss version. chi-square test was used as test of significance. results: 580 women,fulfilling the inclusion criteria,were tested for bacteriuria. out of them,4% were below 20 years,4.6% were 20-30 years and 5.4% women were above 30 years (p=0.103). regarding parity 3.8% of primigravida and 6.04% multigravida had bacteriuria (p=0.00039). prevalence was 6.64% among uneducated and educated women (p=0.0039). as for past history,35.7% of women had an episode previously (p=0.001). no association was found with anemia. conclusion: asymptomatic bacteriuria is common infections during pregnancy,having strong association with multiparity,lower socioeconomic group and illiteracy.