Table 5.
Association between socio-demographic characteristics and vulvovaginal candidiasis (N = 176)
| VVC | OR (Unadjusted) |
P-value for OR | AOR (Adjusted) |
P-value for AOR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive n (%) |
Negative n (%) |
|||||
| Total respondents | 54 (30.7) | 122 (69.3) | ||||
| Age group (in years) | ||||||
| < 20 | 6 (11.1) | 6 (4.9) | 1.0 | – | – | – |
| 20–29 | 24 (44.4) | 61 (50.0) | 0.67 (0.20–2.23) | 0.514 | – | – |
| 30–39 | 22 (40.7) | 52 (42.6) | 0.88 (0.24–3.19) | 0.848 | – | – |
| 40–49 | 2 (3.7) | 3 (2.5) | 0.88 (0.62–12.45) | 0.925 | – | – |
| Educational Status | ||||||
| None | 1 (1.9) | 5 (4.1) | 1.0 | – | – | – |
| Basic | 29 (53.7) | 62 (50.8) | 0.77 (0.07–9.15) | 0.837 | – | – |
| Secondary | 12 (22.2) | 23 (18.9) | 0.80 (0.06–10.29) | 0.867 | – | – |
| Tertiary | 12 (22.2) | 32 (26.2) | 0.62 (0.05–7.76) | 0.711 | – | – |
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Single | 12 (22.2) | 21 (17.2) | 1.0 | – | – | – |
| Co-habitation | 6 (11.1) | 7 (5.7) | 0.73 (0.31–1.72) | 0.469 | – | – |
| Married | 36 (66.7) | 94 (77.0) | 1.47 (0.38–5.62) | 0.575 | – | – |
| Religion | ||||||
| Muslim | 0 (0.0) | 6 (4.9) | 1.0 | – | – | – |
| Christian | 54 (100.0) | 116 (95.1) | 0.0 | – | – | – |
| Trimester in pregnancy | ||||||
| First | 9 (16.7) | 19 (15.6) | 1.0 | – | – | – |
| Second | 14 (25.9) | 29 (23.8) | 0.98 (0.34–2.81) | 0.963 | – | – |
| Third | 31 (57.4) | 74 (60.7) | 0.86 (0.34–2.19) | 0.755 | – | – |
Data is presented as frequency and percentage in parenthesis