Clinical Study
Trichomonas vaginalis Infection among Pregnant Women in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia
Table 1
Demographic characteristics versus Modified Columbia Agar culture result in pregnant women at Jimma University specialized hospital, 2012.
| | Variables | Culture result | value | | Positive (%) | Negative (%) |
| | Age | | | | | 15–24 years | 9 (4.5) | 189 (95.5) | 0.697 | | 25–34 years | 9 (5.8) | 146 (94.2) | | 35–44 years | 0 | 8 (100) | | Residence | | | | | Urban | 5 (2.6) | 188 (97.4) | 0.025 | | Rural | 13 (7.7) | 155 (92.3) | | Occupation | | | | | Farmer | 2 (5.4) | 35 (94.6) | 0.291 | | Merchant | 1 (5.9) | 16 (94.1) | | Employed | 0 | 74 (100) | | Unemployed | 9 (6.4) | 131 (93.6) | | Others | 6 (6.5) | 87 (93.5) | | Marital status | | | | | Single | 0 | 6 (100) | 0.075 | | Divorced | 3 (15.8) | 16 (84.2) | | Married | 15 (4.5) | 321 (95.5) | | Educational status | | | | | Illiterate | 12 (13.8) | 75 (86.2) | 0.001 | | 1–4 grade | 1 (1.9) | 52 (98.1) | | 5–8 grade | 5 (6.6) | 71 (93.4) | | 9–12 grade | 0 | 118 (100) | | >2 grade | 0 | 27 (100) |
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