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Table 5 Association between self-reported symptom and report of urogenital schistosomiasis among male respondents

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

 

Reported urinary schistosomiasis status

Reproductive health condition

aSUS (%)

bSNS (%)

χ2

Crude OR

P value

Coefficient

Adjusted OR

95 % CI

P

Haemospermia

41/720 (5.4)

26/575 (4.5)

0.95

1.21

0.443

0.04

1.04-

0.63–1.74

0.873

Sexual dysfunction

71/716 (9.9)

52/576 (9.0)

0.31

1.15

0.459

0.10

1.11

0.76–1.63

0.598

Infertility

6/716 (0.8)

2/578 (0.3)

1.26

1.49

0.352

0.49

0.163

0.68–3.92

0.278

Urethral discharge

72/716 (10.6)

65/577 (11.3)

0.49

0.87

0.436

−0.10

0.91

0.63–1.30

0.585

Low semen volume

19/716 (2.7)

17/578 (2.9)

0.098

0.85

0.601

−0.25

0.78

0.42–1.46

0.434

Itchy penis

6/716 (0.8)

5/578 (0.9)

0.003

1.0

0.993

−0.07

0.93

0.27–3.19

0.907

Painful urination

27/716 (3.8)

10/578 (1.7)

4.5

2.24

*0.032

0.90

2.47

−1.13–5.38

*0.023

  1. aSUS-Subjects who did acknowledge ever contracting urogenital schistosomiasis
  2. bSNS-Subjects never contracted urogenital schistosomiasis: reference category, *Painful urination was significantly associated with urogenital schistosomiasis infection
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