Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Married Women in Rural Nepal
Table 4
Characteristics of women with T. vaginalis infection in a population-based study from rural Nepal (n=70).
Prevalence
Odds ratios with 95% CI
Unadjusted
Age-adjusted
Adjusted
n
%
95% CI
OR
95%CI
OR
95%CI
OR
95%CI
Age (years)
15-49 (n=929)
60
6.5
5.1-8.2
2.53
1.28-5.00
2.53
1.28-5.00
2.42
1.18-4.95
≥ 50 (n=377)
10
2.7
1.4-4.8
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
Cast/Ethnicity
Advantaged high cast (n=146)
15
10.3
6.3-16.3
2.30
1.26-4.19
2.42
1.32-4.42
2.25
1.21-4.16
Adhivasi/Janajati/disadvantaged low cast (n=1160)
55
4.7
3.7-6.1
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
Marital status
Married (n=1206)
66
5.5
4.3-6.9
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
Widow/divorced (n=100)
4
4.0
1.6-9.8
0.72
0.26-2.02
1.23
0.41-3.72
1.45
0.47-4.43
Participant’s educational status
No formal education (n=1099)
51
4.6
3.5-6.1
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
Formal education (n=207)
19
9.2
6.0-13.9
2.08
1.20-3.60
1.68
0.96-2.97
1.65
0.92-2.96
Husband’s educational status (N=1205)
No formal education (n=642)
30
4.7
3.3-6.6
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
Formal education (n=563)
35
6.2
4.5-8.5
1.35
0.82-2.23
1.10
0.66-1.84
0.89
0.50-1.59
Age at first marriage (years)
≥ 19 (n=549)
25
4.6
3.1-6.6
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
16-18 (n=445)
25
5.6
3.8-8.2
1.25
0.71-2.20
1.22
0.69-2.16
1.26
0.71-2.24
≤ 15 (n=312)
20
6.4
4.2-9.7
1.44
0.78-2.63
1.67
0.90-3.08
1.70
0.90-3.21
Numbers of births
0 (n=44)
3
6.8
2.3-18.2
1.40
0.39-4.98
1.02
0.28-3.68
0.96
0.24-3.84
1-2 (n=386)
23
6.0
4.0-8.8
1.21
0.64-2.31
0.85
0.43-1.67
0.72
0.34-1.50
3-4 (n=534)
27
5.1
3.5-7.3
1.02
0.55-1.90
0.80
0.42-1.52
0.74
0.38-1.42
≥5 (n=342)
17
5.0
3.1-7.8
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
How many times has participant been married?
Once (n=1261)
67
5.3
4.2-6.7
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
More than once (n=45)
3
6.7
2.3-17.9
1.27
0.38-4.21
1.48
0.44-4.96
3.01
0.82-1.03
How many times has husband been married?
Once (n=1156)
68
5.9
4.7-7.4
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
More than once (n=150)
2
1.3
0.4-4.7
0.22
0.05-0.89
0.24
0.06-0.98
0.20
0.04-0.85
Husband’s residence (n=1206)
Kavre (n=944)
49
5.2
3.9-6.8
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
Abroad (n=109)
11
10.1
5.7-17.2
2.05
1.03-4.07
1.69
0.84-3.38
1.67
0.82-3.42
Outside Kavre in Nepal (n=153)
6
3.9
1.8-8.3
0.75
0.31-1.77
0.65
0.27-1.54
0.69
0.29-1.67
Adjusted for age, cast/ethnicity, participant’s educational status, age at marriage, and participant’s and husband’s number of marriages. Among women whose husbands were alive and information was available.
