Table 3.
Risk factors for vaginal infections
| Characteristic | Vulvovaginal candidiasis |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Total | ||
| Recent antibiotics | 0.035 | |||
| Yes | 8 (80) | 2 (20) | 10 | |
| No | 28 (31.1) | 62 (68.9) | 90 | |
| Douching | 0.218 | |||
| Yes | 6 (35.3) | 11 (64.7) | 17 | |
| No | 30 (36.1) | 53 (63.9) | 83 | |
| Trichomoniasis | ||||
| Recent antibiotics | 1.407 | |||
| Yes | 0 (0) | 10 (100) | 10 | |
| No | 2 (2.2) | 88 (97.8) | 90 | |
| Douching | 0.687 | |||
| Yes | 0 (0) | 17 (100) | 17 | |
| No | 2 (2.4) | 81 (97.6) | 83 | |
| Bacterial vaginosis | ||||
| Recent antibiotics | 0.028 | |||
| Yes | 7 (70) | 3 (30) | 10 | |
| No | 31 (34.4) | 59 (65.6) | 90 | |
| Douching | 0.204 | |||
| Yes | 7 (41.2) | 10 (58.8) | 17 | |
| No | 31 (37.3) | 52 (62.7) | 83 | |