Comparison of Three Methods for Diagnosing Trichomoniasis in Female Patients with Sexual Activity Attended at a Hospital in Peru

Table 3

Comparison of trichomoniasis according to characteristics of the participants.

Characteristics of the participants	Trichomoniasis, (%)		value
	Negative	Positive
Age (years)	36 (28-45)^a	32 (23-43)^a	0.131^b
Start of sexual activity (years)	19 (17-20)^a	18 (16-20)^a	0.098^b
Leukocyte infiltration
No	27 (29.7)	18 (41.9)	0.163^c
Yes	64 (70.3)	25 (58.1)
Foul odor
No	59 (64.8)	28 (65.1)	0.975^c
Yes	32 (65.2)	15 (34.9)
Strawberry cervix
No	72 (79.1)	37 (86.1)	0.337^c
Yes	19 (20.9)	6 (13.9)

^aMedian and interquartile range. ^bMann–Whitney nonparametric test. ^cPearson’s chi-square test.