Research Article
Prevalence of Bacterial Vaginosis and Its Association with Risk Factors among Nonpregnant Women: A Hospital Based Study
Table 2
Sociodemographic characteristics of sample distribution.
| | | Bacterial vaginosis | value | | Number (160) | Positive number (%) | Negative number (%) |
| | Age | | | | | | 10–20 | 7 | 2 (1.3) | 5 (3.1) | 0.50 | | 20–30 | 48 | 13 (8.1) | 35 (21.8) | | 30–40 | 75 | 14 (8.8) | 61 (38.1) | | 40–50 | 22 | 8 (5)
| 14 (8.8) | | 50–60 | 8 | 2 (1.3) | 6 (3.7) | | Marital status | | Unmarried | 1 | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.32 | | Married | 153 | 37 (24.2) | 116 (75.8) | | Widowed | 5 | 1 (20) | 4 (80) | | Divorced/separated | 1 | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | | Education | | Illiterate | 55 | 16 (29.1) | 39 (70.9) | 0.93 | | Just literate | 7 | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | | Primary level | 27 | 7 (25.9) | 20 (74.1) | | Secondary | 41 | 8 (19.5) | 33 (80.5) | | Higher S. | 15 | 3 (20) | 12 (80) | | Bachelors | 11 | 3 (27.3) | 8 (72.7) | | Master | 4 | 1 (25) | 3 (75) | | Occupation | | Civil servants | 23 | 7 (30.4) | 16 (69.6) | 0.36 | | Farmers | 18 | 7 (38.9) | 11 (61.1) | | Business | 34 | 5 (14.7) | 29 (85.3) | | Housewife | 81 | 19 (23.5) | 62 (76.5) | | Student | 4 | 1 (25) | 3 (75) | | Ethnicity | | Brahmin | 40 | 10 (25) | 30 (75) | 0.24 | | Chhetri | 36 | 7 (19.4) | 29 (80.6) | | Janajati | 75 | 17 (22.7) | 58 (77.3) | | Dalit | 2 | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | | Others | 7 | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) |
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Include Madhesi, Marwari, Bangali, Jain, and Punjabi/Sikh. |
