Table 5

Adjusted association of risk factors for trichomoniasis

CharacteristicAdjusted odds ratio*95% CI§p Value
*OR adjusted for age in years, religion, marital status, employment, and circumcision.
§CI: 95% confidence interval.
‡Includes skilled manual, office worker, teacher, business, fishing, truck drivers/turn boys, and students.
Education
None/adult only1.00.911
Standard 1–40.840.47–1.52
Standard ≥50.920.52–1.61
Secondary1.360.27–6.94
Employment
Various‡1.00.024
Farmer2.160.93–4.98
Unskilled manual8.951.82–43.92
Religion
Muslim1.0<0.001
Catholic3.280.90–11.97
Protestant0.960.21–4.31
Other4.251.12–16.10
Marital status
Unmarried1.00.023
Only wife1.781.02–3.11
2+ wives3.151.36–7.44
No of partners past 3 months
01.00.303
11.470.67–3.21
≥21.900.82–4.37
Circumcised
No1.00.409
Yes0.730.34–1.56
Genital ulceration
No1.0
Yes2.570.60–11.000.228