Table 2.
Correlation between HSV-2 serology and various sexual behavioral markers and risk factors in antenatal women
| Patient characteristic | Total no.(%) of patients | HSV-2 serology |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +ve (%) | -ve (%) | |||
| Age at first coitus (years) | 0.123 | |||
| <20 | 83 (41.50) | 10 (12.05) | 73 (87.95) | |
| 21-25 | 106 (53.00) | 5 (4.72) | 101 (95.28) | |
| 26-30 | 10 (5.00) | 0 (0.00) | 10 (100) | |
| >30 | 1 (0.50) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (100) | |
| Parity | <0.0001* | |||
| 1 | 72 (36.00) | 1 (1.39) | 71 (98.61) | |
| 2 | 63 (31.50) | 1 (1.59) | 62 (98.41) | |
| 3 | 26 (13.00) | 3 (11.54) | 23 (88.46) | |
| >4 | 39 (19.50) | 10 (25.64) | 29 (74.36) | |
| No. of sexual partners | 0.0187* | |||
| Single | 190 (95.00) | 12 (6.32) | 178 (93.68) | |
| Multiple | 10 (5.00) | 3 (30.00) | 7 (70.00) | |
| Duration of sexual activity (years) | 0.003* | |||
| ≤3 | 98 (49) | 1 (1.02) | 97 (98.98) | |
| 4-7 | 45 (22.50) | 5 (11.11) | 40 (88.89) | |
| 7-10 | 26 (13.00) | 2 (7.69) | 24 (92.31) | |
| ≥10 | 31 (15.50) | 7 (22.58) | 24 (77.42) | |
| History of abortions | 0.001* | |||
| Yes | 46 | 9 (19.57) | 37 (80.43) | |
| No | 154 | 6 (3.90) | 148 (96.10) | |
| History suggestive of other STIs | 0.08 | |||
| Yes | 48 (24.00) | 6 (12.50) | 42 (87.50) | |
| No | 152 (76.00) | 9 (5.92) | 143 (94.08) | |
*
P-values ≤0.05 are considered significant