Research Article
Detection of Ureaplasma Biovars and Subtyping of Ureaplasma parvum among Women Referring to a University Hospital in Morocco
Table 2
The socio-demographics and clinical characteristics of the study population.
| Variable | | % |
| Area, | | | Rural | 212 | 20.5 | Urban | 823 | 79.5 | Age (years), | | | <30 | 167 | 16 | 30-50 | 624 | 59.5 | >50 | 256 | 24.5 | Menopause, | | | No | 731 | 70.8 | Yes | 302 | 29.2 | Education level, | | | Illiterate | 657 | 63.3 | Literate | 381 | 36.7 | Number of pregnancies, | | | ≤4 | 724 | 69.8 | >4 | 313 | 30.2 | Parity, | | | ≤4 | 832 | 80.2 | >4 | 206 | 19.8 | Passive smoking, | | | No | 785 | 76.1 | Yes | 246 | 23.9 | Oral contraception, | | | No | 722 | 76.1 | Yes | 246 | 23.9 | Age at 1st sexual intercourse (years), | | | ≤20 | 656 | 63.6 | >20 | 375 | 36.4 | Number of lifetime sexual partners, | | | 1 | 974 | 94.7 | ≥1 | 54 | 5.3 | Pregnancy status | | | No | 856 | 81 | Yes | 197 | 19 | Presence of genital STI-related symptoms | | | No | 644 | 61 | Yes | 409 | 39 | Infertility | | | No | 1006 | 95.5 | Yes | 47 | 4.5 |
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