A Study of Trichomonas vaginalis Infection and Correlates in Women with Vaginal Discharge Referred at Fann Teaching Hospital in Senegal

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Factors associated with Trichomonas vaginalis infection among participating women.


	Univariate analysis	Multivariate analysis
Parameters	Odds ratio	Adjusted Odds ratio	p value
	(95%CI)	(95%CI)

Vaginal flora
Type I	Reference	Reference	- -
Type II	1.5 (0.8 - 2.9)	1.6 (0.9 - 3.0)	0.12
Type III	2.9 (1.7 - 5.0)	2.6 (1.5 - 4.4)	0.001
Type IV	3.9 (2.5 - 6.1)	3.3 (2.1 - 5.3)	0.001

Erythrocytes

Absence	Reference	Reference	- -
Presence	2.8 (2.0 - 3.9)	2.8 (1.9 - 3.9)	0.001

Leucocytes

Absence	Reference	Reference	- -
Presence	1.7 (0.5 - 5.5)	1.3 (0.4 - 4.2)	0.70

Marital status

Single	Reference	Reference	- -
Divorced	2.7 (1.6 - 4.6)	2.1 (1.2 - 3.7)	0.009
Married-monogamous	0.9 (0.6 - 1.4)	0.8 (0.5 - 1.3)	0.46
Married-polygamous	1.3 (0.8 - 2.1)	1.3 (0.8 - 2.1)	0.30

Age group

Less than 25 years	Reference	Reference	- -
25 to 30 years	1.0 (0.6 - 1.4)	0.9 (0.6 - 1.4)	0.73
31 to 35 years	1.2 (0.8 - 2.0)	1.1 (0.7 - 1.9)	0.59
36 to 40 years	1.6 (0.9 - 2.5)	1.3 (0.8 - 2.2)	0.27
41 to 45 years	1.5 (0.8 - 2.6)	1.1 (0.6 - 2.1)	0.65
46 and more	1.2 (0.7 - 2.2)	0.7 (0.4 - 1.3)	0.28

Study period

2006	Reference	Reference	--
2007	1.7 (0.9 - 3.0)	1.7 (0.9 - 3.1)	0.08
2008	0.9 (0.6 - 1.5)	0.8 (0.5 - 1.3)	0.42
2009	0.6 (0.4 - 0.9)	0.5 (0.3 - 0.8)	0.003
2010	0.4 (0.3 - 0.7)	0.4 (0.3 - 0.6)	0.001
2011	0.5 (0.3 - 0.9)	0.5 (0.3 - 0.9)	0.03

Hosmer Lemeshow Goodness of fit test: Chi (8 ddl)=7.79; p=0.45
Area under the curve (AUC)=0.71; test for Multicollinearity using variance inflation factor (VIF)=1.41 - Akaike information criterion=1423; Bayesian information criterion (BIC)=1542.

Journal of Parasitology Research

A Study of Trichomonas vaginalis Infection and Correlates in Women with Vaginal Discharge Referred at Fann Teaching Hospital in Senegal

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