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Table 1 Socioeconomic characteristic of women participating in the study according to infection status Data are expressed in no (%) of women

From: Association between unhygienic menstrual management practices and prevalence of lower reproductive tract infections: a hospital-based cross-sectional study in Odisha, India

Exposures

With BV (N = 229)

Without BV (N = 329)

P-value

With Candidiasis (N = 190)

Without Candidiasis (N = 368)

P-value

With TV (N = 31)

Without TV (N = 527)

P-value

Age

 18–25 years

63 (27.51)

100 (30.40)

0.758

59 (31.05)

104 (28.26)

0.069

7 (22.58)

156 (29.60)

0.468

 26–35 years

89 (38.86)

124 (37.69)

81 (42.63)

132 (35.87)

15 (48.39)

198 (37.57)

 36–45 years

77 (33.62)

105 (31.91)

50 (26.32)

132 (35.87)

9 (29.03)

173 (32.83)

Marital status

 Never married

23 (10.04)

52 (15.81)

0.146

28 (14.74)

47 (12.77)

0.137

1(3.23)

74 (14.04)

0.177

 Married

203(88.65)

273 (82.98)

162 (85.26)

314 (85.33)

30 (96.77)

446 (84.63)

 Divorcee& widow

3 (1.31)

4 (1.22)

0

7 (1.90)

0

7 (1.33)

What is your religion

 Hindu

222(96.94)

316 (96.05)

0.098

183 (96.32)

355 (96.47)

0.524

31 (100.00)

507 (96.20)

0.543

 Muslim

7 (3.06)

7 (2.13)

6 (3.16)

8 (2.17)

0

14 (2.66)

 Christian

0

6 (1.82)

1 (0.53)

5 (1.36)

0

6 (1.14)

What is your caste or tribe

 Scheduled caste (SC)

41 (18.47)

47 (14.87)

0.250

22 (12.02)

66 (18.59)

0.067

5 (16.13)

83 (16.37)

0.667

 Scheduled tribe (ST)

6 (2.70)

10 (3.16)

4 (2.19)

12 (3.38)

0

16 (3.16)

 Other backward caste (OBC)

127 (57.21)

168 (53.16)

114 (62.30)

181 (50.99)

16 (51.61)

279 (55.03)

 Other Caste

48 (21.62)

91 (28.80)

43 (23.50)

96 (27.04)

10 (32.26)

129 (25.44)

Education

 No formal education

40 (17.47)

46 (13.98)

0.266

40 (21.05)

46 (12.50)

0.006

7 (22.58)

79 (14.99)

0.235

 5th – 10th grade

102 (44.54)

137 (41.64)

85 (44.74)

154 (41.85)

9 (29.03)

230 (43.64)

 12th grade or higher

87 (37.99)

146 (44.38)

65 (34.21)

168 (45.65)

15 (48.39)

218 (41.37)

What is your occupation

 Employed

30 (13.10)

52 (15.81)

0.351

26 (13.68)

56 (15.22)

0.642

4 (12.90)

78 (14.80)

0.534

 Housewife

179 (78.17)

238 (72.34)

141 (74.21)

276 (75.00)

26 (83.87)

391 (74.19)

 Student

15 (6.55)

33 (10.03)

20 (10.53)

28 (7.61)

1 (3.23)

47 (8.92)

 Other

5 (2.18)

6 (1.82)

3 (1.58)

8 (2.17)

0

11 (2.09)

How many family members in hh

 3 or less

47 (20.52)

66 (20.06)

0.712

44 (23.16)

69 (18.75)

0.470

7 (22.58)

106 (20.11)

0.379

 4–5

119 (51.97)

162 (49.24)

92 (48.42)

189 (51.36)

12 (38.71)

269 (51.04)

 More than 5

63 (27.51)

101 (30.70)

54 (28.42)

110 (29.89)

12 (38.71)

152 (28.84)

Economic status (monthly income)

  < 5000.00

30 (13.10)

35 (10.64)

0.427

26 (13.68)

39 (10.60)

0.607

5 (16.13)

60 (11.39)

0.776

 5000.00 – 10,000

65 (28.38)

114 (34.64)

59 (31.05)

120 (32.61)

11 (35.48)

168 (31.88)

  > 10,000.00

103 (44.98)

136 (41.34)

77 (40.53)

162 (44.02)

11 (35.48)

228 (43.26)

 Don’t know

31 (13.54)

44 (13.37)

28 (14.74)

47 (12.77)

4 (12.90)

71 (13.47)

  1. P-value determined by Pearson’s chi-square (χ2) test. (hh = household)