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. 2020 May 6;20:266. doi: 10.1186/s12884-020-02963-3

Table 4.

Distribution of signs and symptoms among study participants

SYMPTOMS TOTAL Positive OR (95% CI) P-value
All Symptoms 8 (4.5) 1 (1.9) 0.50 (0.06–4.56) 0.539
Burning Sensation & Discharge only 3 (1.7) 2 (3.7) 7.00 (0.57–85.38) 0.127
Burning Sensation & Irritation only 11 (6.3) 7 (13.0) 6.13 (1.49–25.22) 0.012*
Burning Sensation only 4 (2.3) 1 (1.9) 1.17 (0.11–12.48) 0.899
Discharge only 59 (33.5) 18 (33.3) 1.54 (0.63–3.76) 0.347
Irritation & Discharge only 37 (21.0) 13 (24.1) 1.90 (0.72–5.02) 0.198
Irritation only 9 (5.1) 2 (3.7) 1.02 (0.18–5.59) 0.988
No symptom 45 (25.6) 10 (18.5) 1
Total 176 (100.0) 54 (100.0)

X2 = 0.143

Data is presented as frequency and percentage in parenthesis

Positive represents pregnant women who were culture positive for VVC

X2 is the p-value obtained with the chi-square test