Table 1 Sociodemographic, behavioral and biological characteristics in FSW with and without cervicitis a
From: Prevalence and predictors of cervicitis in female sex workers in Peru: an observational study
FSW with cervicitis (n = 99) | FSW without cervicitis (n = 298) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, median years (IQRb) | 30 (24–38) | 27 (23–33) | 0.02 | ||
Age at initiation of sex work, median years (IQR) | 22 (20–27) | 22 (19–27) | 0.32 | ||
Time in sex work, median months (IQR) | 36 (10–132) | 24 (6–72) | 0.03 | ||
n | % | n | % | ||
Nationality | 0.01 | ||||
Peruvian | 90 | 90.9 | 228 | 76.5 | |
Other countriesc | 9 | 9.1 | 70 | 23.5 | |
Registration status | 0.01 | ||||
Registered | 40 | 40.4 | 102 | 34.2 | |
Unregistered | 33 | 33.3 | 55 | 18.5 | |
Place of work | 0.07 | ||||
Legal brothel | 40 | 65.6 | 178 | 77.1 | |
Otherd | 21 | 34.4 | 53 | 22.9 | |
Number of clients in last week | 0.04 | ||||
None | 35 | 36.1 | 101 | 35.7 | Ref |
1 to 10 | 29 | 29.9 | 59 | 20.9 | 0.24 |
11 to 20 | 19 | 19.6 | 35 | 12.4 | 0.19 |
21 to 40 | 7 | 7.2 | 43 | 15.2 | 0.10 |
> 40 | 7 | 7.2 | 45 | 15.9 | 0.08 |
Most frequent sexual practices with clients | 0.42 | ||||
Vaginal | 8 | 8.3 | 12 | 4.2 | 0.14 |
Vaginal and oral | 70 | 72.9 | 211 | 74.6 | Ref |
Vaginal, oral and anal | 18 | 18.8 | 59 | 20.9 | 0.78 |
Has a non-client sexual partner | 65 | 34.3 | 170 | 57.8 | 0.17 |
Oral contraceptive pill use | 19 | 80.8 | 52 | 17.7 | 0.74 |
Condom use with clients | 0.21 | ||||
Always | 75 | 78.0 | 234 | 83.0 | Ref |
Between rarely and almost always | 10 | 10.5 | 15 | 5.3 | 0.09 |
Never | 10 | 10.5 | 33 | 11.7 | 0.88 |
Sexually transmitted/genital tract infections | |||||
Syphilis | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.20 |
Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) | 4 | 4.6 | 11 | 4.9 | 0.91 |
Neisseria gonorrhea (GC) | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.53 |
Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) | 4 | 4.0 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.02 |
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) | 48 | 48.5 | 140 | 47.0 | 0.80 |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.74 |
Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) | 3 | 3.0 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.41 |
Bacterial vaginosis | 31 | 36.9 | 74 | 28.0 | 0.12 |
Candidiasis | 7 | 7.1 | 19 | 6.5 | 0.83 |
Clinical diagnoses and syndromes | |||||
Vaginal discharge | 48 | 50.0 | 151 | 59.5 | 0.11 |
Genital ulcer | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.32 |
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) | 4 | 4.0 | 9 | 3.0 | 0.62 |