Table 1. Patient demographic data grouped according to their infection duration based on the BED results.
Demographic information | All women | Long Term Infection | Recently Infected | p-value |
Age, women, mean (SD), years | 21.5 (2.1) | 21.6 (2.0) | 21.2 (2.2) | 0.059 |
Age of husband, mean (SD), years | 28.7 (5.8) | 28.5 (4.7) | 29.5 (5.0) | 0.048 |
Age at 1st menses, mean (SD), years | 14.4 (1.6) | 14.5 (1.6) | 14.2 (1.4) | 0.035 |
Proportion ever been forced to have sex (95% CI) | 5.9% (3.8;8.1) | 5.1%(2.7–7.4) | 8.3%(3.4–13.3) | 0.200 |
Proportion with more than one sexual partner in the past 12 months (95% CI) | 17.4(13.9–20.9) | 18.3% (14.2–22.5) | 15%(8.6–21.3) | 0.411 |
Proportion never been pregnant before (95% CI) | 53.8% (49.3–58.5) | 58.4%(53.1–63.7) | 40.8%(32.1–49.6) | 0.001 |
Proportion with ≥1 miscarriage in the past (95% CI) | 12.4%(9.2–15.5) | 14.2%(10.4–18.1) | 7.1%(2.4–11.9) | 0.050 |
Proportion with ≥1 still birth in the past (95% CI) | 1.1%(0.1–2.2) | 1.3%(0.03–2.5) | 0.9%(−0.8–2.6) | 0.757 |
Proportion with ≥1 children dead (95% CI) | 10.2%(7.3–13.1) | 11.0%(7.6–14.4) | 8.0%(3.0–13.1) | 0.472 |
Proportion treated for STIs (95% CI) | 22.9% (19.0–26.8) | 25.5% (20.8–30.2) | 15.0%(8.6–21.4) | 0.018 |