title: Factors related to cervicitis in Qashghaee nomadic women of southern Iran.
abstract: In a survey of reproductive habits and cervical pathology in 1015 women of the Qashghaee nomadic tribe of southern Iran, a high prevalence (80%) of cervicitis was observed. The effects of reproductive and other habits on risk of cervicitis were therefore assessed using proportional odds modelling. Increased risks of a higher degree of cervicitis were associated with middle to late age (p = 0.02), a history of delivery of children (p = 0.001), intercourse during menses (p = 0.03) and a history of ever giving birth in a maternity hospital (p = 0.02). A lower risk was associated with increased duration of marriage (p = 0.05). The increased risk observed for history of birth in maternity hospital may reflect a prior obstetric problem which predisposes to both cervicitis and seeking the specialist obstetric care provided in the maternity hospital. Results suggest an infectious agent which may be transmitted in childbirth.
authors.affiliation: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Keshavarz
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Duffy
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sotodeh-Maram
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Saraf
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sadeghi-Hassana-Badi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zighami
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tabei
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D017533:Marital Status; D008875:Middle Aged; D010298:Parity; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012307:Risk Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology