Table 2 Association between CT and selected characteristics of study subjects
CT infection status | Measure of association | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Number positive (%) | Number negative (%) | Chi-square (P value) | OR(CI) | P value |
Age group (N = 186) | |||||
15-24 | 4 (11.4) | 31 (88.6) | 2.6 (0.3) | 3.4 (0.7-16.5) | 0.1 |
25-34 | 5 (6.9) | 67 (93.1) | 2.0 (0.4-8.7) | 0.3 | |
* ≥ 35 | 3 (3.6) | 81 (96.4) | |||
Number of births (N = 190) | |||||
0 | 3 (13.6) | 19 (86.4) | 3.4 (0.7-16.6) | 0.1 | |
1-3 | 5 (5.9) | 73 (93.6) | 2.6 (0.3) | 1.4 (0.4-5.8_) | 0.6 |
* ≥ 4 | 4 (4.4) | 87 (95.6) | |||
Number of sexual partners in past one year (N = 191) | |||||
0 | 0 (0.0) | 10 (100.0) | 1.4 (0.4) | 1.0 | 1.0 |
1 | 11 (6.3) | 163 (93.7) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
2 | 1(16.7) | 5 (83.3) | 3.2 | 1.0 | |
* ≥ 3 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) | |||
Age at first intercourse (N = 189) | |||||
9-15 | 4 (8.2) | 45 (91.8) | 1.0 (0.8) | 1.4 | 0.9 |
16-22 | 8 (6.1) | 123 (93.9) | 1.1 | 0.9 | |
≥23 | 0(0.0) | 11 (100.0) | |||
Frequency of sexual intercourse (N = 187) | |||||
Every day | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.9 | |
Once a week | 9 (6.8) | 123 (93.2) | 0.9 (0.9) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.9 |
Twice in a month | 0 (0.0) | 7 (100.0) | 1.05 (0.3-4.1) | 0.9 | |
≤ once a month | 3 (6.5) | 43 (93.5) | |||
Contraceptive use (N = 191) | |||||
No contraceptive use | 11 (7.4) | 137 (92.6) | 2.8 (0.4-23.0) | 0.3 | |
Hormonal contraceptive use | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100.0) | 0.8 (0.6) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.9 |
*Non hormonal contraceptive use | 1 (2.7) | 36 (97.3) | |||