Table 2 Extreme grooming and the likelihood of urinary tract infections (UTIs) and recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTIs), after controlling for participant’s age, history of UTIs, and sexual practices. Results in bold are statistically significant (p < 0.05).

From: Extreme pubic hair removal as a potential risk factor for recurrent urinary tract infections in women

 

Urinary tract infections

Recurrent urinary tract infections

OR

− 95%

+ 95%

p

OR

− 95%

+ 95%

p

Age (years)

1.00

0.98

1.02

0.797

0.98

0.93

1.04

0.559

Extreme grooming

1.17

0.90

1.52

0.239

3.09

1.35

7.06

0.007

New sex partner in the past year

0.86

0.68

1.10

0.231

0.54

0.30

0.97

0.038

Frequent sexual intercourse (≥ 1 time per month)

3.05

2.24

4.16

< 0.001

8.73

2.66

28.60

< 0.001

Age at first UTI ≤ 15 years

3.63

2.74

4.80

< 0.001

3.05

1.65

5.64

< 0.001

Spermicide use

0.98

0.66

1.43

0.899

1.12

0.49

2.54

0.785

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