Table 1.
Sociodemographic, behavioral variables among women in this study with healthy microbiota, intermediate microbiota, bacterial vaginosis, aerobic vaginitis, candidiasis, and coinfections.
| Healthy microbiota N (%) |
Intermediate microbiota N (%) |
Bacterial vaginosis N (%) |
Aerobic vaginitis N (%) |
Candidiasis N (%) |
Coinfections N (%) |
Total N (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total incidence | 276 (66.7) | 43 (10.4) | 23 (5.6) | 49 (11.8) | 7 (1.7) | 16 (3.9) | 414 (100.0) |
| Age | |||||||
| Under 20 | 57 (20.7) | 9 (20.9) | 5 (21.7) | 14 (28.6) | 2 (28.6) | 2 (12.5) | 89 (21.5) |
| 21–30 | 175 (63.4) | 27 (62.8) | 14 (60.9) | 26 (53.1) | 5 (71.4) | 9 (56.3) | 256 (61.8) |
| 31–40 | 27 (9.8) | 3 (7.0) | 3 (13.0) | 3 (6.1) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (25.0) | 40 (9.7) |
| 41–50 | 13 (4.7) | 2 (4.7) | 1 (4.3) | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (6.3) | 18 (4.3) |
| Over 50 | 4 (1.4) | 2 (4.7) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (10.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (2.7) |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| Mestizo | 269 (97.5) | 42 (97.7) | 22 (95.7) | 48 (98.0) | 6 (85.7) | 14 (87.5) | 401 (96.9) |
| Caucasian | 3 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (14.3) | 2 (12.5) | 6 (1.4) |
| Indigenous | 4 (1.4) | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (1.4) |
| Afro-Ecuadorian | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) |
| Education level | |||||||
| ≤ Basic | 4 (1.4) | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (1.4) |
| Secondary | 224 (81.2) | 32 (74.4) | 19 (82.6) | 39 (79.6) | 6 (85.7) | 10 (62.5) | 330 (79.7) |
| ≥ University | 48 (17.4) | 10 (23.3) | 4 (17.4) | 9 (18.4) | 1 (14.3) | 6 (37.5) | 78 (18.8) |
| Occupation | |||||||
| Housewife | 4 (1.4) | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (1.7) |
| Student | 212 (76.8) | 30 (69.8) | 19 (82.6) | 33 (67.3) | 5 (71.4) | 8 (50.0) | 307 (74.2) |
| Unprofessional | 12 (4.3) | 4 (9.3) | 1 (4.3) | 5 (10.2) | 1 (14.3) | 3 (18.8) | 26 (6.3) |
| Professional | 48 (17.4) | 8 (18.6) | 3 (13.0) | 9 (18.4) | 1 (14.3) | 5 (31.3) | 74 (17.9) |
| Civil status | |||||||
| Single | 229 (83.0) | 36 (83.7) | 20 (87.0) | 41 (83.7) | 7 (100.0) | 10 (62.5) | 343 (82.9) |
| Free Union (couples living together for at least 3 years without being married) | 4 (1.4) | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (18.8) | 9 (2.2) |
| Married | 39 (14.1) | 5 (11.6) | 2 (8.7) | 5 (10.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (12.5) | 53 (12.8) |
| Divorced | 4 (1.4) | 1 (2.3) | 1 (4.3) | 2 (4.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (6.3) | 9 (2.2) |
| Sexual partner | |||||||
| Not having | 101 (36.6) | 25 (58.1) | 10 (43.5) | 20 (40.8) | 5 (71.4) | 7 (43.8) | 168 (40.6) |
| Having | 175 (63.4) | 18 (41.9) | 13 (58.5) | 29 (59.2) | 2 (28.6) | 9 (56.3) | 246 (59.4) |
| Contraceptive use | |||||||
| No | 101 (36.6) | 26 (60.5) | 7 (30.4) | 19 (38.8) | 2 (28.6) | 7 (43.8) | 162 (39.1) |
| Yes | 175 (63.4) | 17 (39.5) | 16 (69.6) | 30 (61.2) | 5 (71.4) | 9 (56.3) | 252 (60.9) |
| Birth control methods | |||||||
| Condom | 82 (29.7) | 7 (16.3) | 11 (47.8) | 17 (34.7) | 4 (57.1) | 4 (25.0) | 125 (30.2) |
| Hormonal contraception | 47 (17.0) | 2 (4.7) | 2 (8.7) | 6 (12.2) | 1 (14.3) | 3 (18.8) | 61 (14.7) |
| Combined | 38 (13.8) | 6 (14.0) | 2 (8.7) | 5 (10.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (12.5) | 53 (12.8) |
| Others | 8 (2.9) | 2 (4.7) | 1 (4.3) | 2 (4.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (3.1) |
| None or don’t answer | 101 (36.6) | 26 (60.5) | 7 (30.4) | 19 (38.8) | 2 (28.6) | 7 (43.8) | 162 (39.1) |
N number of women who responded in the survey within each category; % assigned percentage for each classification within each category.