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Table 1 Association between potential risk factors and HSV detected in CVL

From: Detection, quantification and genotyping of Herpes Simplex Virus in cervicovaginal secretions by real-time PCR: a cross sectional survey

Cofactors

Present

Absent

Relative risk (95% CI)

P-value

GUD

2/5 (40%)

25/65 (38%)

1.04 (0.34 – 3.18)

0.68

Anti HSV-2 IgG* (Kalon test)

11/27 (41%)

7/32 (22%)

1.86 (0.84 – 4.13)

0.19

HIV

3/7 (43%)

23/59 (39%)

1.1 (0.44 – 2.74)

0.83

BV

14/35 (40%)

13/35 (37%)

1.08 (0.60 – 1.95)

1.00

C. trachomatis

5/7 (71%)

22/63 (35%)

2.05 (1.15 – 3.64)

0.14

Hepatitis B

5/8 (63%)

22/54 (41%)

1.53 (0.82 – 2.87)

0.44

Candida

9/29 (31%)

18/41 (44%)

0.71 (0.37 – 1.35)

0.40

T. vaginalis

3/7 (43%)

24/63 (38%)

1.13 (0.45 – 2.80)

0.86

  1. * Comparison with HSV-2 only. P values calculated by χ2 test