Genital Infection with Herpes Simplex Virus Types 1 and 2 in Women from Natal, Brazil

Table 5

Distribution of prevalence rates of HSV-2 infection, without or with HSV-1 according to variables considered and association of the odds ratios obtained by univariate logistic regression model.

Variable	Herpes simplex virus type 2
	𝑁	Positive	Negative	Pos (%)	OR	95% IC	𝑃
Colposcopy
With alterations	84	24	60	28.6	3.79	1.82–7.95	<0.001*
Without alterations	136	13	123	9.6	1	Reference
Cytology
With alterations	63	20	43	31.7	4.05	1.95–8.41	<0.001*
Without alterations	165	17	148	10.3	1	Reference
Age (years)
<30	119	19	100	16.0	1.14	0.32–4.38	0.826
31–45	89	16	73	18.0	1.32	0.36–5.18	0.651
>45	28	4	24	14.3		[Reference]
Ethnicity
White	106	11	91	10.4		[Reference]
Nonwhite	130	28	106	21.5	2.19	0.98–4.97	0.038*
Marital status
Single	54	14	40	25.9	2.20	0.98–4.89	0.034*
Married or accompanied	182	25	157	13.7		[Reference]
Education
Elementary or less	140	21	119	15.0		[Reference]
High school	96	18	78	18.8	1.31	0.62–2.75	0.446
Age at first sexual intercourse
<18	149	26	123	17.4	1.20	0.55–2.65	0.617
≥19	87	13	74	14.9		[Reference]
Lifetime sex partners
Multiple	142	30	112	21.1	2.53	1.08–6.08	0.019*
Only one	94	9	85	9.6		[Reference]

∗Statistically significant.