18.3% did not like using condoms since it diminished the sexual pleasure while 15.3% of the responders couldn't negotiate with the partner in using the condom at the time of the intercourse.
Also a higher age at the first intercourse showed a protective effect (OR = 0.92, 95%CI: 0.85-0.99).
Our findings showed condom use at the last intercourse prior to enrolment was highly protective, associated with a 44% reduction in likelihood for acquiring HSV-2 after adjustment for confounders.
The inclusion criteria for the ESN was a history of multiple unprotected sexual episodes (with the same HIV-seropositive partner) for ≥4 years at the time of enrollment, with at least 8 episodes of at-risk intercourse within the 4 months before study entry, and an average of 30 reported unprotected sexual contacts per year (range 18 to >100).
The typical pattern among women is to rely on a male condom at first intercourse, the pill to delay birth and sterilization once a woman has had all the children she wants.
AOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; Coitarchal age: age at first intercourse The univariate and multivariate analysis of risk factors associated with HSV-2 seroprevalence is presented in Table 2.
OR adjusted for age, marital status, age at first intercourse, the number of lifetime sexual partners, contraceptive methods used and smoking status, Papanicolaou test, CD4-count, HIV-viral-load and antiretroviral therapy or ART.
Generational changes in age at marriage and first pregnancy (National Family Health Survey India (NFHS-1NFHS-1–93: Maharashtra, India, 1995; National Family Health Survey India (NFHS-2): 1998–99 Maharashtra, India, 2000) have resulted in a later age at first intercourse, the primary risk factor for cervical cancer in Indian women (Prabhakar and Menon, 1995; Juneja et al, 2003).
A woman need not be ovulating at the time of intercourse to become pregnant.
