Table 1. Social, epidemiological, and reproductive health variables characteristics, with raw and adjusted prevalence ratios, in women from communities in Marajó Archipelago, Pará, Brazil.
| Social Variables |
Total (n = 393) |
C. trachomatis positive 4.1% (16/393) |
RP Ajusted (CI95%) |
p-value | ||||
| n | % | n | % | |||||
| Age (years)a | ≤25 | 70 |
17.8 |
10 |
14.3 |
10.01(2.83–35.47) |
<0.001* | |
| >25 | 323 | 82.2 | 6 | 1.8 | 1 | |||
| Not answered | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Conjugal statusa | Single | 96 | 24.4 | 7 | 7.3 | 1.72(0.54–5.53) | 0.383 | |
| Married | 270 | 68.7 | 6 | 2.2 | 1 | |||
| Not answered | 27 | 6.9 | ||||||
| Occupationa | Informal | 259 | 65.9 | 8 | 3.1 | 0.59(0.21–1.65) | 0.312 | |
| Student | 105 | 26.7 | 6 | 5.7 | 1 | |||
| Not answered | 29 | 7.4 | ||||||
| Household incomea (number of Brazilian minimum wages) |
<1 | 154 | 39.2 | 8 | 5.2 | 3.88(1.33–11.37) | 0.014* | |
| ≥1 | 219 | 55.7 | 8 | 3.7 | 1 | |||
| Not answered | 20 | 5.1 | ||||||
| Epidemiological variables | Age at fist sexual intercourse (years)b | <15 | 127 | 32.3 | 9 | 7.1 | 2.93(0.91–9.47) | 0.073 |
| ≥15 | 239 | 60.8 | 7 | 2.9 | 1 | |||
| Not answered | 27 | 6.9 | ||||||
| Sexual partnera | Yes | 285 | 72.5 | 9 | 3.1 | 2.78(0.74–10.49) | 0.132 | |
| No | 94 | 23.9 | 7 | 7.4 | 1 | |||
| Not answered | 14 | 3.6 | ||||||
| Sexual partners in the last yearb | >1 | 100 | 25.4 | 2 | 2 | 1.03(0.13–7.95) | 0.974 | |
| 1 | 238 | 60.6 | 10 | 4.2 | 1 | |||
| Not answered | 55 | 14.0 | ||||||
| Condom usea b | Yes | 59 | 15.0 | 4 | 6.8 | 1.33(0.28–6.25) | 0.715 | |
| No | 321 | 81.7 | 12 | 3.7 | 1 | |||
| Not answered | 13 | 3.3 | ||||||
| Number of sexual partners in lifeb | >3 | 75 | 19.1 | 6 | 8.0 | 1.94(0.51–7.44) | 0.329 | |
| ≤3 | 239 | 60.8 | 8 | 3.3 | 1 | |||
| Not answered | 79 | 20.1 | ||||||
| Reproductive health variables | Contraceptive usea | Yes | 188 | 47.9 | 7 | 3.7 | 0.92(0.31–2.76) | 0.891 |
| No | 201 | 51.1 | 9 | 4.4 | 1 | |||
| Not answered | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Previous pregnancyb | Yes | 356 | 90.6 | 13 | 3.7 | 0.59(0.13–2.58) | 0.484 | |
| No | 32 | 8.1 | 2 | 6.5 | 1 | |||
| Not answered | 5 | 1.3 | ||||||
| Natural childbirthb | Yes | 355 | 90.3 | 13 | 3.7 | 0.63(0.14–2.79) | 0.543 | |
| No | 34 | 8.7 | 2 | 5.9 | 1 | |||
| Not answered | 4 | 1.0 | ||||||
| Miscarriage b | Yes | 128 | 32.6 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.53(0.15–1.90) | 0.328 | |
| No | 260 | 66.1 | 12 | 4.6 | 1 | |||
| Not answered | 5 | 1.3 | ||||||
| Pap smear testb | Yes | 320 | 81.4 | 12 | 3.8 | 0.85(0.21–3.38) | 0.818 | |
| No | 69 | 17.6 | 3 | 4.3 | 1 | |||
| Not answered | 4 | 1.0 | ||||||
RP Adjusted (ratio of adjusted prevalence): variables adjusted to each other in each group—multiple analysis. 95% CI: 95% Confidence Interval.
*: Statistically significant p value
a:Current variables
b:Anamnesis variables.