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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2017 Jul;21(7):2173–2179. doi: 10.1007/s10461-016-1563-y

Table I.

Characteristics of women with vaginal swabs tested for Y chromosomal DNA and correlates of Y chromosomal DNA detection

N (%) among
women using
DMPA
N (%) among
women using no
hormonal
contraception
N (%) with Y
chromosomal
detected
OR (95% CI) p-value Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
p-value
Contraception
  DMPA 213 -- 73 (34.3) 1.2 (0.8–1.9) 0.3 1.3 (0.9–2.0) 0.2
  No hormonal contraception -- 215 64 (29.8) 1.00
Age, years
  Age <25 23 (10.8) 22 (10.2) 16 (35.6) 1.00
  Age ≥25 190 (89.2) 193 (89.8) 121 (31.6) 0.8 (0.4–1.6) 0.6 1.2 (0.6–2.5) 0.6
Marital status*
  Married 212 (99.5) 215 (100) 137 (32.1)
  Not married 1 (0.5) 0 (0) 0 (0.0)
Total number of children
  No children 4 (1.9) 9 (4.2) 8 (61.5) 3.8 (1.2–11.8) 0.02 4.2 (1.3–13.5) 0.02
  Has 1 child 16 (7.5) 23 (10.7) 17 (43.6) 1.8 (0.9–3.6) 0.08 2.0 (1.0–4.2) 0.06
  Has ≥2 children 193 (90.6) 183 (85.1) 112 (29.8) 1.00 1.00
Study randomization arm
  Active PrEP arm 147 (69.0) 161 (74.9) 95 (30.8) 0.8 (0.5–1.3) 0.4
  Placebo arm 66 (31.0) 54 (25.1) 42 (35.0) 1.00
Medical characteristics
  STI treated at visit** 11 (5.4) 11 (5.2) 9 (40.9) 1.5 (0.6–3.6) 0.4
  No STI treatment at visit 194 (94.6) 200 (94.8) 125 (31.7) 1.00
Sexual frequency with study partner, past month
  Reported 1–3 vaginal sex acts 106 (49.7) 111 (51.6) 67 (30.9) 1.00
  Reported 4–9 vaginal sex acts 83 (39.0) 85 (39.5) 57 (33.9) 1.2 (0.8–1.8) 0.5 1.1 (0.7–1.7) 0.6
  Reported ≥10 vaginal sex acts 24 (11.3) 19 (8.8) 13 (30.2) 1.0 (0.5–2.0) 0.9 0.9 (0.4–1.9) 0.8
Additional partners, past month*
  At least 1 additional partner 1 (0.5) 0 (0) 1 (100.0)
  No additional partner 212 (99.5) 215 (100) 136 (319.9)
*

There is not enough variation in marital status or reports of additional partners to run these in logistic regression models.

**

STI treatment includes treatment of syndromically or etiologically diagnosed genital ulcer disease, gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomonas, bacterial vaginosis or vaginal candidiasis.