First coitus before menarche and risk of sexually transmitted disease

Lancet. 1990 Feb 10;335(8685):338-40. doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(90)90617-e.

Abstract

The prevalence of sexually transmitted disease (STD), pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), and cervical cancer, and the relation between these conditions were studied in 2111 Ethiopian women. Early sexual activity was associated with an increase in prevalence rates of STD and PID; possible aetiological factors include physical and immunological immaturity of the female genital tract and the number of sexual partners.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Age Factors
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / analysis
  • Coitus*
  • Cultural Characteristics
  • Ethiopia / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Gonorrhea / immunology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Menarche*
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae / immunology
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / epidemiology*
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / immunology
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors
  • Sex Factors
  • Sexual Behavior
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / immunology
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial