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Table 3 Association between demographic and clinical characteristics and T. vaginalis infection

From: Prevalence and the evaluation of culture, wet mount, and ELISA methods for the diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis infection among Ghanaian women using urine and vaginal specimens

Variables

Negative

Positive

OR (95% CI)

p value

Demographic characteristics

Age (years)

 < 20

25 (100)

0 (0.0)

1

 

 21–30

88 (93.6)

6 (6.4)

3.75 (0.20–68.76)

0.374

 31–40

47 (94.0)

3 (6.0)

3.76 (0.19–75.63)

0.387

 41–50

11 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Marital status

 Single

59 (95.2)

3 (4.8)

1

 

 Married

112 (94.9)

6 (5.1)

1.05 (0.25–4.36)

0.943

Educational level

 No formal education

8 (88.9)

1 (11.1)

1

 

 Basic

87 (97.8)

2 (2.2)

0.18 (0.01–2.26)

0.186

 Secondary

48 (96.0)

2 (4.0)

0.33 (0.03–4.12)

0.392

 Tertiary

28 (87.5)

4 (12.5)

1.14 (0.11–11.72)

0.911

Residence

 Rural

13 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

1

 

 Urban

158 (94.6)

9 (5.4)

1.62 (0.09–29.34)

0.745

Employment status

 Employed

52 (98.1)

1 (1.9)

1

 

 Unemployed

119 (93.7)

8 (6.3)

3.50 (0.43–28.67)

0.244

Number of sexual partners

 0

4 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

1

 

 1

145 (94.8)

8 (5.2)

0.53 (0.03–10.57)

0.675

 2

18 (94.7)

1 (5.3)

0.73 (0.03–21.06)

0.854

 3

4 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

1.00 (0.02–62.31)

1.000

Clinical characteristics

Odour

 No

134 (95.0)

7 (5.0)

1

 

 Yes

37 (94.9)

2 (5.1)

1.03 (0.21–5.19)

0.967

Colour of vaginal sample

 Clear

55 (94.8)

3 (5.2)

1

 

 Whitish

78 (97.5)

2 (2.5)

0.47 (0.08–2.91)

0.417

 Yellowish-green

38 (90.5)

4 (9.5)

1.93 (0.41–9.12)

0.407

Dysuria

 No

159 (95.2)

8 (4.8)

1

 

 Yes

12 (92.3)

1 (7.7)

1.66 (0.19–14.36)

0.647

Itchiness

 No

108 (94.7)

6 (5.3)

1

 

 Yes

63 (95.5)

3 (4.5)

0.86 (0.21–3.55)

0.832

Abdominal pain

 No

149 (96.8)

5 (3.2)

1

 

 Yes

22 (84.6)

4 (15.4)

5.42 (1.35–21.73)

0.017

  1. Univariate logistic regression analysis was used to assess the association between demographic and clinical characteristics and T. vaginalis infection based on prevalence by the gold standard (HVS culture). p values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant (p values of significant variables in italics)
  2. OR odds ratio