Adjusted association of risk factors for trichomoniasis
Characteristic | Adjusted odds ratio* | 95% CI§ | p Value |
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*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 only | 1.0 | 0.911 | |
Standard 1–4 | 0.84 | 0.47–1.52 | |
Standard ≥5 | 0.92 | 0.52–1.61 | |
Secondary | 1.36 | 0.27–6.94 | |
Employment | |||
Various‡ | 1.0 | 0.024 | |
Farmer | 2.16 | 0.93–4.98 | |
Unskilled manual | 8.95 | 1.82–43.92 | |
Religion | |||
Muslim | 1.0 | <0.001 | |
Catholic | 3.28 | 0.90–11.97 | |
Protestant | 0.96 | 0.21–4.31 | |
Other | 4.25 | 1.12–16.10 | |
Marital status | |||
Unmarried | 1.0 | 0.023 | |
Only wife | 1.78 | 1.02–3.11 | |
2+ wives | 3.15 | 1.36–7.44 | |
No of partners past 3 months | |||
0 | 1.0 | 0.303 | |
1 | 1.47 | 0.67–3.21 | |
≥2 | 1.90 | 0.82–4.37 | |
Circumcised | |||
No | 1.0 | 0.409 | |
Yes | 0.73 | 0.34–1.56 | |
Genital ulceration | |||
No | 1.0 | ||
Yes | 2.57 | 0.60–11.00 | 0.228 |