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Table 3 Association between self-reported symptom and report of urogenital schistosomiasis among female respondents

From: Knowledge and awareness of genital involvement and reproductive health consequences of urogenital schistosomiasis in endemic communities in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Reproductive health condition

aSUS (%)

bSNS (%)

χ2

Crude OR

P value

Coefficient

Adjusted OR

CI

P value

Lower abdominal pain

199/448 (44.4)

359/842 (42.6)

0.38

1.01

0.97

0.05

−1.05

0.80–1.39

−0.70

Vaginal discharge

196/448 (43.8)

284/841 (33.8)

12.5

1.44

0.00

0.29

1.34

1.04–1.74

*0.03

Vaginal itch

92/448 (20.5)

114/842 (13.5)

10.6

1.50

0.02

0.39

1.48

1.05–2.09

*0.02

Irregular menstruation

90/448 (20.1 %)

151/841 (18.0)

0.88

0.91

0.65

−0.06

0.94

0.66–1.35

0.74

Miscarriage

27/448 (6.0)

45/841 (5.4)

0.25

1.1

0.64

0.24

1.27

0.74–2.18

0.39

Post coital bleeding

13/448 (2.9)

13/841 (1.5)

2.7

1.4

0.52

0.52

1.67

0.56–4.10

0.35

Infertility

10/448 (2.2)

11/841 (1.3)

1.6

0.92

0.9

0.01

1.01

0.30–3.39

0.98

  1. aSU S-Subjects who reported they ever contracted urogenital schistosomiasis
  2. Vaginal itch and discharge were adjusted for age, marital status
  3. bSNS-Subjects who did not acknowledge having contracted urogenital schistosomiasis: reference category used in logistic regression model
  4. *Vaginal discharge and itch were significant associated with urogenital schistosomiasis infection
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