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Table 4 Distribution of STI agents by age groups

From: Detection of sexually transmitted infection agents in pregnant women using multiplex polymerase chain reaction method

 

Age groups

p value

18–25

26–35

36–45

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

No. of pregnant women

130 (43.3)

146 (48.7)

24 (8.0)

 

HSV-1

4 (3.1)

3 (2.1)

1 (4.2)

0.533

HSV-2

1 (0.8)

3 (2.1)

0 (0)

0.999

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

-

Treponema pallidum

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

-

Ureaplasma spp.

42 (32.3)

35 (24.0)

10 (41.7)

0.113

Mycoplasma genitalium

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

-

Mycoplasma hominis

4 (3.1)

10 (6.8)

0 (0)

0.176

Chlamydia trachomatis

4 (3.1)

3 (2.1)

0 (0)

0.839

Haemophilus ducreyi

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

-

Trichomonas vaginalis

0 (0)

1 (0.7)

0 (0)

0.999

  1. STI, sexually transmitted infection; HSV-1, Herpes simplex virus-1; HSV-2, Herpes simplex virus-2; Ureaplasma parvum/urealiticum, Ureaplasma spp; N, number
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

ISSN: 1471-2393

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