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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Infect Dis. 2009 Jun 15;199(12):1883–1890. doi: 10.1086/599213

Table 3.

Risk Factors for Symptomatic Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in HIV-1-Seronegative Kenyan Women

Visits with VVC Visits without VVC Univariate Multivariate
Variable n = 26 n = 1544 OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P
Age
     ≤20 years 1 (3.8%) 25 (1.6%) 1.0
     21-30 years 12 (46.2%) 566 (36.7%) 0.56 (0.11, 2.91) 0.5
     31-40 years 10 (38.5%) 656 (42.5%) 0.43 (0.08, 2.37) 0.3
     >40 years 3 (11.5%) 297 (19.2%) 0.26 (0.03, 2.05) 0.2
     Overall P-value (Wald Test) 0.6
Years of sex worka
     ≤ 5 years 17 (65.4%) 904 (58.5%) 1.0
     5-10 years 5 (19.2%) 346 (22.6%) 0.96 (0.29, 3.22) 0.9
     10-15 years 2 (7.7%) 159 (10.4%) 0.67 (0.15, 2.88) 0.6
     >15 years 2 (7.7%) 135 (8.8%) 0.78 (0.10, 5.89) 0.8
     Overall P-value (Wald Test) 1.0
Education ≤8 years 18 (69.2%) 949 (61.5%) 1.40 (0.54, 3.60) 0.5
Vaginal washing frequency
     None 2 (7.7%) 178 (11.5%) 1.0
     1-14 times/week 15 (57.7%) 811 (52.5%) 1.33 (0.41, 4.26) 0.6
     15-28 times/week 8 (30.8%) 459 (29.7%) 1.45 (0.43, 4.89) 0.5
     >28 times per week 1 (3.8%) 96 (6.2%) 0.98 (0.15, 6.33) 1.0
     Overall P-value (Wald Test) 0.9
Vaginal washing substanceb
     None 2 (7.7%) 178 (11.5%) 1.0
     Water 17 (65.4%) 860 (55.7%) 1.37 (0.64, 2.93) 0.8
     Soap or antiseptic 17 (65.4%) 948 (61.4%) 1.39 (0.60, 3.24) 0.8
     Overall P-value (Wald Test) 0.6
Cloth to clean inside the vagina 1 (3.8%) 42 (2.7%) 1.49 (0.35, 6.32) 0.6
Bathes <14 times per week 4 (15.4%) 102 (6.6%) 2.41 (0.62, 9.36) 0.2
Sex partners in last week
     None 13 (50.0%) 583 (37.8%) 1.0
     One 11 (42.3%) 773 (50.1%) 0.76 (0.33, 1.75) 0.5
     More than one 2 (7.7%) 188 (12.2%) 0.55 (0.13, 2.43) 0.4
     Overall P-value (Wald Test) 0.7
Unprotected sex in the last week 4 (15.4%) 400 (25.9%) 0.46 (0.13, 1.65) 0.2
New partner in the past month 3 (11.5%) 201 (13.1%) 1.11 (0.44, 2.80) 0.8
Contraceptionc
     None or tubal ligation 17 (65.4%) 982 (63.6%) 1.0
     OCP 2 (7.7%) 105 (6.8%) NC
     DMPA 6 (23.1%) 399 (25.9%) NC
     Norplant 1 (3.8%) 43 (2.8%) NC
     IUD 0 (0%) 11 (0.7%) NC
     Overall P-value (Wald Test) NC
Neisseria gonorrhoeae 0 (0%) 6 (0.4%) NC
Cervicitisd 1 (3.8%) 20 (1.3%) 2.39 (0.30, 18.87) 0.4
Vaginal yeaste 10 (38.5%) 167 (10.8%) 3.40 (1.05, 11.02) 0.04 3.31 (1.09, 10.08) 0.04
Bacterial vaginosisf 7 (26.9%) 546 (35.4%) 0.64 (0.27, 1.52) 0.3 0.71 (0.31, 1.61) 0.4
Trichomonas vaginalis 1 (3.8%) 21 (1.4%) 2.54 (0.29, 22.38) 0.4
Lactobacillus culture positivef 6 (23.1%) 142 (9.2%) 2.60 (0.84, 8.01) 0.1 2.27 (0.81, 6.38) 0.1
Antibioticse
     None 23 (88.5%) 1363 (88.3%) 1.0 1.0
     Oral metronidazoleg 2 (7.7%) 29 (1.9%) 5.92 (0.62, 56.54) 0.1 6.41 (0.68, 60.25) 0.1
     Other antibacterialsh 2 (7.7%) 158 (10.2%) 0.46 (0.12, 1.79) 0.3 0.47 (0.13, 1.69) 0.3
     Antifungalsi 1 (3.8%) 21 (1.4%) 0.34 (0.65, 1.78) 0.2 0.25 (0.04, 1.51) 0.1
     Overall P-value (Wald Test) 0.06

Note: DMPA, depot medroxyprogesterone acetate; H2O2, hydrogen peroxide; HR, hazard ratio; IUD, intrauterine device; NC, no convergence; OCP, oral contraceptive pill.

a

Data on years of sex work was missing for 12 visits.

b

There were 452 visits at vaginal washing with both water and soap/antiseptic were reported.

c

Data on contraception were missing at 6 visits. Because of the extended window of effect for contraceptives, women who changed methods could contribute to more than one category at some visits.

d

Average polymorphonuclear leukocyte count ≥30 cells per high power field on microscopy of Gram stained cervical secretions.

e

60 day effect window for vaginal yeast colonization and antibiotics did not include analysis visit.

f

Bacterial vaginosis and Lactobacillus included analysis visit only.

g

Metronidazole was dispensed at 28 visits.

h

The most common prescriptions for other antibacterials included amoxicillin (55), cloxacillin (31), doxycycline (19), and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (16), ciprofloxacin (7), and norfloxacin (6). Other oral antibacterials, prescribed less than 5 times each, included erythromycin, benzathine penicillin, amoxicillin with clavulanate, and levofloxacin.

i

There were 20 prescriptions for clotrimazole vaginal pessaries and 2 prescriptions for nystatin vaginal pessaries.