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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 19.
Published in final edited form as: Niger Postgrad Med J. 2018 Jan-Mar;25(1):21–26. doi: 10.4103/npmj.npmj_7_18

Table 2:

Risk factors for Trichomonas vaginalis infection among the HIV-infected pregnant participants (n=160)

Risk factors Trichomonas vaginalis infection OR (95% CI) P-value
Present (%) Absent (%)
Douching
Yes 2 (16.7) 10 (83.3) 1.91 (1.07–7.32) 0.342a
No 14 (9.5) 147(91.9) 1.00 (reference)
Condom use
No 13 (12.6) 90 (87.4) 2.21 (1.43–11.01) 0.174a
Yes 3 (5.3) 54 (94.7) 1.00 (reference)
Age at coitarche (in years)
≤18 12 (28.6) 30 (71.4) 21.82 (9.27–32.06) 0.000a
>18 4 (3.4) 114 (96.6) 1.00 (reference)
Number of lifetime sexual partners
≥2 15 (13.9) 93 (86.1) 9.122 (4.03–14.85) 0.021a
<2 1 (1.9) 51 (98.1) 1.00 (reference)
a

Fisher’s exact test