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Table 6 Prevalence of symptoms of VVC in relation to trimester of pregnancy

From: Prevalence of vulvovaginal candidiasis among pregnant women in the Ho municipality, Ghana: species identification and antifungal susceptibility of Candida isolates

Symptoms

1st trimester

2nd trimester

3rd trimester

Total

All Symptoms

1 (3.6)

3 (7.0)

4 (3.8)

8 (4.5)

Burning Sensation & Discharge only

1 (3.6)

1 (2.3)

1 (1.0)

3 (1.7)

Burning Sensation & Irritation only

1 (3.6)

3 (7.0)

7 (6.7)

11 (6.3)

Burning Sensation only

1 (3.6)

0

3 (2.9)

4 (2.3)

Discharge only

8 (28.6)

15 (34.9)

36 (34.3)

59 (33.5)

Irritation & Discharge only

7 (25.0)

8 (18.6)

22 (21.0)

37 (21.0)

Irritation only

1 (3.6)

2 (4.7)

6 (5.7)

9 (5.1)

No symptom

8 (28.6)

11 (25.6)

26 (24.8)

45 (25.6)

Total

28 (100.0)

43 (100.0)

105 (100.0)

176 (100.0)

  1. X2 = 0.992
  2. Data is presented as frequency and percentage in parenthesis
  3. X2 is the p-value obtained with the chi-square test