Table 2.
Prevalence and 95% confidence intervals of the affirmative category of the clinical variables collected by questionnaire and clinical examination
| No FGM/C
|
Type I FGM/C
|
Type II FGM/C
|
χ2 (P value) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | ||
| Cases (n) | 139 | 326 | 105 | |||||||
| Common symptoms | ||||||||||
| Dysmenorrheaa | 48 | 34.5 | 26.3–42.8 | 188 | 58.2 | 52.7–63.7 | 71 | 67.6 | 58.2–77.1 | 31.4 (<0.001) |
| Recurrent urinary tract infectiona | 20 | 14.4 | 8.2–20.6 | 63 | 19.6 | 15.0–24.0 | 46 | 44.2 | 34.2–54.3 | 34.6 (<0.001) |
| Vulvar or vaginal paina | 7 | 5.0 | 1.0–9.0 | 56 | 17.4 | 13.1–21.7 | 41 | 39.8 | 29.9–49.7 | 48.1 (<0.001) |
| Vaginal dischargea | 40 | 28.8 | 20.9–36.7 | 166 | 51.4 | 45.8–57.0 | 63 | 60.6 | 50.7–70.5 | 28.6 (<0.001) |
| Painful intercoursea | 18 | 12.9 | 7.0–18.9 | 95 | 29.3 | 24.2–34.4 | 60 | 57.1 | 47.2–67.1 | 55.6 (<0.001) |
| Bleeding during or after intercoursea | 3 | 2.2 | 0.5–6.2 | 17 | 5.3 | 2.7–7.9 | 33 | 31.4 | 22.1–40.8 | 75.3 (<0.001) |
| Difficult penetration during intercoursea | 8 | 5.8 | 1.5–10.0 | 49 | 15.1 | 12.0–19.2 | 53 | 50.5 | 40.4–60.5 | 85.3 (<0.001) |
| Presentation | ||||||||||
| Fibrosisa | 0 | 0 | 0–2.7 | 51 | 15.8 | 11.7–19.9 | 20 | 19.4 | 11.3–27.5 | 26.5 (<0.001) |
| Keloid of clitorisa | 0 | 0 | 0–2.7 | 43 | 13.3 | 9.4–17.1 | 37 | 35.6 | 25.9–45.3 | 61.3 (<0.001) |
| Keloid of labiaa | 1 | 0.8 | 0.02–1.1 | 8 | 2.5 | 0.6–4.3 | 22 | 21.6 | 13.1–30.0 | 61.7 (<0.001) |
| Synechia of vulvaa | 1 | 0.8 | 0.02–1.1 | 23 | 7.1 | 4.2–10.1 | 31 | 30.4 | 21.0–39.8 | 63.8 (<0.001) |
| Synechia of labia minoraa | 1 | 0.8 | 0.02–1.1 | 34 | 10.5 | 7.0–14.0 | 56 | 54.4 | 44.3–64.5 | 141.4 (<0.001) |
| Clitoral neuromaa | 2 | 1.5 | 0.18–5.3 | 26 | 8.1 | 4.9–11.2 | 21 | 20.6 | 12.3–28.9 | 26.9 (<0.001) |
Note:
a
Of the total number of answers for each question and for each group (no FGM/C, type I FGM/C, type II FGM/C), that may be less than or equal to the total number of cases.
Abbreviations: FGM/C, female genital mutilation/cutting; CI, confidence interval.