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Table 2 STIs and associated risk factors of participating women selling sex in Lahore, Pakistan

From: HIV, STI prevalence and risk behaviours among women selling sex in Lahore, Pakistan

STI

Factors

Number (%)

OR (CI 95%)

P value

Chlamydia trachomatis

Place of Work

Area A and C

20 (4.1)

  
  

Area B

36 (14.9)

4.1 (2.3-7.6)

<0.001

 

Clients

1-3/day

26 (5.4)

  
  

4-12/day

30 (12.2)

2.5 (1.4-4.3)

0.001

 

Condom use

Always

24 (5.1)

  
  

Not always

32 (12.4)

2.6 (1.5-4.7)

<0.001

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Clients

1-3/day

26 (5.4)

  
  

4-12/day

29 (11.8)

2.3 (1.3-4.1)

0.002

 

Condom use

Always

27 (5.7)

  
  

Not always

28 (10.8)

2.0 (1.1-3.5)

0.01

Trichomonas vaginalis

Place of work

Area A and C

10 (2.0)

  
  

Area B

27 (11.8)

6.25 (2.9-14.2)

<0.001