Research Article
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 | 0.131b | Start of sexual activity (years) | 19 (17-20)a | 18 (16-20)a | 0.098b | Leukocyte infiltration | | | | No | 27 (29.7) | 18 (41.9) | 0.163c | Yes | 64 (70.3) | 25 (58.1) | | Foul odor | | | | No | 59 (64.8) | 28 (65.1) | 0.975c | Yes | 32 (65.2) | 15 (34.9) | | Strawberry cervix | | | | No | 72 (79.1) | 37 (86.1) | 0.337c | Yes | 19 (20.9) | 6 (13.9) | |
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aMedian and interquartile range. bMann–Whitney nonparametric test. cPearson’s chi-square test.
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