Table 4 Association between symptom and laboratory confirmed vaginal infection
Symptoms | Infection | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No infection (n = 259) | BV only (n = 115) | VVC only (n = 148) | BV and VVC (n = 67) | ||
Abdominal pain | |||||
 Present | 52 (20.08) | 30 (26.09) | 28 (18.92) | 27 (40.30) | 0.002 |
 Absent | 207 (79.92) | 85 (73.91) | 120 (81.08) | 40 (59.70) |  |
Pruritis | |||||
 Present | 46 (17.76) | 34 (29.57) | 35 (23.65) | 27 (40.30) | 0.001 |
 Absent | 213 (82.24) | 81 (70.43) | 113 (76.35) | 40 (59.70) |  |
Malodour | |||||
 Present | 55 (21.24) | 33 (28.70) | 25 (16.89) | 22 (32.84) | 0.025 |
 Absent | 204 (78.76) | 82 (71.30) | 123 (83.11) | 45 (67.16) |  |
Dysuria | |||||
 Present | 22 (8.49) | 11 (9.57) | 11 (7.43) | 14 (20.90) | 0.013 |
 Absent | 237 (91.51) | 104 (90.43) | 137 (92.57) | 53 (79.10) |  |
Altered discharge | |||||
 Present | 84 (32.43) | 49 (42.61) | 43 (29.05) | 38 (56.72) | < 0.001 |
 Absent | 175 (67.57) | 66 (57.39) | 105 (70.95) | 29 (43.28) |  |
Some symptom (Abdominal pain, Pruritis, Malodour, Dysuria and/or Altered discharge) | |||||
 Yes | 89 (34.36) | 51 (44.35) | 47 (31.76) | 41 (61.19) | < 0.001 |
 No | 170 (65.64) | 64 (55.65) | 101 (68.24) | 26 (38.81) |  |