Genitourinary symptoms in urban China: a population-based study

Analysis of the first population-based sexual health survey in China found a prevalence of self-reported genitourinary (GU) symptoms among 2999 urban respondents for men and women as follows: burning (12.5% and 15.7%), discharge (2.6% and 20.1%), ulcer (1.3% and 3.6%) and warts (1.2% and 2.0%). Risk...

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Published in:International journal of STD & AIDS 2007-11, Vol.18 (11), p.736-740
Main Authors: PARISH, William L, YANNI HAO, LAUMANN, Edward O, SCHNEIDER, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
AIDS/HIV
Biological and medical sciences
China - epidemiology
Epidemiology. Vaccinations
Female
Female Urogenital Diseases - epidemiology
Female Urogenital Diseases - physiopathology
General aspects
Geography
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Male Urogenital Diseases - epidemiology
Male Urogenital Diseases - pathology
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Pain - epidemiology
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Sexual Behavior
Socioeconomic Factors
Ulcer - epidemiology
Urban Population
Vaginal Discharge - epidemiology
Viral diseases
Viral diseases with cutaneous or mucosal lesions and viral diseases of the eye
Warts - epidemiology
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Summary:Analysis of the first population-based sexual health survey in China found a prevalence of self-reported genitourinary (GU) symptoms among 2999 urban respondents for men and women as follows: burning (12.5% and 15.7%), discharge (2.6% and 20.1%), ulcer (1.3% and 3.6%) and warts (1.2% and 2.0%). Risk factors among men were unprotected commercial sex, short-term and other secondary partners, and living elsewhere than a coastal area or a major city. Among women, risk factors were her main partner's having other concurrent partners or socializing often, and her absence of condom use with her main partner, prior forced sex, low education and living elsewhere than a coastal area or a major city. These findings were consistent with many GU symptoms being concentrated in paths that led from commercial sex workers or short-term partners to husband/steady partner to wife/steady partner. The results also reveal factors other than sexual behaviour as predictors for GU symptoms.
ISSN:0956-4624
1758-1052
DOI:10.1258/095646207782212199