| |
Prevalence of BV (Nugent's score 7–10)
|
Prevalence of HIV
|
|---|
| |
n/N
|
%
|
P-value
4
|
n/N
|
%
|
P-value
4
|
|---|
|
Douching
1
|
|
No
|
12/22
|
54.5
|
0.507
|
3/22
|
13.6
|
1.000
|
|
Yes
|
94/202
|
46.5
| |
24/185
|
13.0
| |
|
Menstrual hygiene protection method
|
|
Traditional2
|
70/138
|
50.7
|
0.323
|
17/129
|
13.2
|
1.000
|
|
Sanitary pads
|
34/79
|
43.0
| |
9/71
|
12.7
| |
|
Female genital cutting
3
|
|
No
|
38/68
|
55.9
|
0.146
|
12/63
|
19.1
|
0.115
|
|
Yes
|
70/157
|
44.6
| |
15/145
|
10.3
| |
|
BV
|
|
No
| | | |
12/110
|
10.9
|
0.414
|
|
Yes
| | | |
15/100
|
15.0
| |
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1 Douching before and/or after sexual intercourse.
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2 Old cloths washed and re-used as necessary.
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3 Also known as "female circumcision"; in the Gambia, the type of female cutting belongs to WHO classification Type II, i.e. removal of all/part of the clitoris and labia minora.
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4 P-values from Fisher's Exact Test.
