Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Married Women in Rural Nepal

Table 3

Genitourinary symptoms and clinical finding on speculum examination in relation to presence of curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in a population-based study among women from rural Nepal.

Genitourinary symptoms and signs	Number of samples tested	Curable STI
		n	%	95% CI	P- value
Symptoms (N=1428)
At least one symptom
Yes	648	41	6.3	4.4-8.2	0.39
No	780	41	5.3	3.7-6.8
Abnormal discharge
Yes	222	15	6.8	3.4-10.1	0.48
No	1206	67	5.6	4.3-6.9
Burning micturition
Yes	376	26	6.9	4.3-9.5	0.25
No	1052	56	5.3	4.0-6.7
Itching
Yes	256	19	7.4	4.2-10.7	0.20
No	1172	63	5.4	4.1-6.7
Pain lower abdomen
Yes	408	28	6.9	4.4-9.3	0.25
No	1020	54	5.3	3.9-6.7
Signs (N=1406)
Abnormal discharge
Yes	278	26	9.4	5.9-12.8	0.005
No	1128	56	5.0	3.7-6.2
Genital ulcer
Yes	1	1	100		NA
No	1405	81	5.8	4.5-7.0

Infection with one or more of the STI pathogens Trichomonas vaginalis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Treponema pallidum. NA: not analysed