Table 2. Prevalence of STIs, bacterial vaginosis and candidiasis at baseline in 267 young South African women.

Variable		Overall (N = 267) % (95% Cl)	< 25 years (N = 177) % (95% CI)	>25 years (N = 90) % (95% CI)	p-value
C. trachomatis (CT)		18.4 (13.7–23.0)	20.3 (14.4–26.3)	14.6 (7.2–21.7)	0.315
N. gonorrhoeae (NG)		5.2 (2.6–7.9)	5.6 (2.2–9.1)	4.4 (0.2–8.7)	0.779
T. vaginalis (TV)		3.0 (1.0–5.0)	1.7 (0–3.6)	5.6 (0.8–10.3)	0.129
CT, NG or TV		23.6 (18.5–28.7)	24.3 (18.0–30.6)	22.2 (13.6–30.8)	0.762
Vaginal flora (Nugent score)	7–10	33.7 (28.0–39.4)	33.3 (26.4–40.3)	34.4 (24.6–44.3)	0.986
	4–6	35.6 (29.8–41.3)	35.6 (28.5–42.6)	35.6 (25.7–45.4)
	0–3	30.7 (25.2–36.2)	31.1 (24.3–37.9)	30.0 (20.5–39.5)
Candida		18.0 (13.4–22.6)	19.8 (13.9–25.6)	14.4 (7.2–21.7)	0.316