Table 3.

Adjusted and unadjusted measures of effect between vaginal cleansing, drying, and tightening and reproductive health factors.

Reproductive health factors	Vaginal cleansing				Vaginal drying				Vaginal tightening
	Unadjusted		Adjusted*		Unadjusted		Adjusted*		Unadjusted		Adjusted*
	OR†	95% CI†	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Number of unprotected acts in a typical month in the last 3 months
<5 unprotected acts  (referent)	1.	—	1.	—	1.	—	1.	—	1.	—	1.	—
5–14 unprotected acts	1.06	0.98, 1.15	1.04	0.95, 1.13	1.06	0.98, 1.14	1.07	0.99, 1.16	0.84	0.69, 1.03	0.86	0.70, 1.07
15+ unprotected acts	1.17	1.07, 1.29	1.17	1.04, 1.32	1.10	1.00, 1.20	1.03	0.93, 1.15	1.04	0.83, 1.30	1.00	0.76, 1.32
Current contraceptive group
Nonhormonal users   (referent)	1.	—	1.	—	1.	—	1.	—	1.	—	1.	—
COC†	1.22	1.07, 1.40	1.17	1.00, 1.35	1.00	0.88, 1.13	0.88	0.77, 1.00	1.00	0.74, 1.34	0.95	0.70, 1.30
DMPA†	1.14	0.98, 1.33	1.10	0.93, 1.29	1.03	0.90, 1.17	0.93	0.81, 1.07	0.86	0.62, 1.21	0.80	0.57, 1.14
STI† symptoms‡ in last 3 months
No (referent)	1.	—	1.	—	1.	—	1.	—	1.	—	1.	—
Yes	1.13	1.04, 1.23	1.10	1.01, 1.20	1.09	1.00, 1.19	1.11	1.02, 1.21	1.17	0.95, 1.44	1.12	0.91, 1.39
Diagnosed STI at current visit
No (referent)	1.	—	1.	—	1.	—	1.	—	1.	—	1.	—
Yes	1.11	0.94, 1.33	1.04	0.87, 1.24	0.96	0.81, 1.13	0.93	0.78, 1.11	1.42	1.07, 1.88	1.42	1.08, 1.86

*Adjusted models control for the listed reproductive health factors as well as age, years of education, cohabitation status, primary partner circumcision status, and sexual frequency in a typical month in the last three months.

^†OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; COC = combined oral contraceptive; DMPA = depot medroxyprogesterone acetate; and STI = sexually transmitted infection

^‡“STI symptoms” include any vaginal discharge, genital itching, abdominal pain, pain during sex, and/or irregular bleeding in the last three months.