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Table 3 Reproductive health factors associated with tubal infertility (multivariate analysis)

From: Risk factors of tubal infertility in a tertiary hospital in a low-resource setting: a case-control study

Variable

Levels

Cases

Control

AOR

Lower

Upper

Sign.

n (%)

n (%)

Age at first intercourse

15–20

74 (32.2)

117 (50.9)

0.56

0.0

4.19

0.572

21–35

5 (2.2)

34 (14.8)

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Type of Dysmenorrhoea

Secondary

74 (32.2)

129 (56.1)

1.40

0.09

20.65

0.808

Primary

5 (2.2)

22 (9.)

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Given birth before

Yes

27 (12.1)

78 (34.8)

0.47

0.12

1.85

0.281

No

46 (20.5)

73 (32.6)

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Use o condom

Yes

28 (12.2)

104 (45.4)

0.17

0.03

1.08

0.061

No

50 (21.8)

47 (20.5)

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Number of sexual partners

> one

21 (9.1)

16 (7.0)

3.42

0.62

18.81

0.158

One partner

58 (25.2)

135 (58.7)

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Ovarian Cyst

Yes

13 (5.7)

6 (2.6)

20.45

2.48

168.67

0.005

No

66 (28.7)

145 (3.0)

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Induced abortion

Yes

28 (12.2)

39 (17.0)

2.75

0.64

11.81

0.173

No

51 (22.2)

112 (48.7)

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Chlamydia

Yes

38 (16.5)

12 (5.2)

17.05

3.40

85.53

0.001

No

41 (17.8)

139 (60.4)

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Mycoplasma

Yes

43 (18.7)

27 (11.7)

5.13

1.19

22.02

0.028

No

36 (15.7)

124 (53.9)

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Deep dyspareunia

Yes

29 (12.6)

7 (3.0)

3.73

0.38

36.40

0.258

No

50 (21.7)

144 (62.6)

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Multiple uterine fibroids

Yes

20 (8.7)

3 (1.3)

62.35

4.84

803.18

0.002

No

59 (25.7)

148 (64.3)

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  1. The procedure models cases as the response, treating control as the reference category