Division of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America.
Division of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2019 Sep 4;14(9):e0221303. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221303. eCollection 2019.
Recent findings have suggested an association between pubic hair grooming and self-reported history of sexually transmitted infection (STI), specifically gonococcal infection (GC), chlamydial infection (CT), or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We evaluated the association between self-reported extreme grooming and laboratory-confirmed prevalence of GC/CT. Between April 2017 and April 2018, we enrolled English-speaking, adult, female students at a large, Midwestern university who presented on-campus for STI testing. Participants completed a questionnaire on demographics and sexual and grooming behaviors, which was linked to their GC/CT test results based on nucleic acid amplification testing. We defined extreme grooming as removal of all pubic hair either at least weekly in the past 12 months or ≥6 times in the past 30 days. We used two separate logistic regression models to determine whether odds of GC/CT varied by extreme groomer status for either time interval. In the study sample of 214 women, prevalence of GC/CT was 9.8%. Nearly all participants (98.1%) reported ever grooming; 53.6% were extreme groomers in the past year and 18% in the past month. Extreme grooming was not associated with prevalent GC/CT in the past year (odds ratio [OR] = 0.8; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.3-1.9; adjusted OR = 0.7; 95% CI: 0.3-2.0) or in the past month (OR = 0.5; 95% CI: 0.1-2.0; aOR = 0.4; 95% CI: 0.1-1.9). Pubic hair grooming was common among female university students attending for STI testing. Findings do not support pubic hair grooming as an STI risk factor in this population.
最近的研究结果表明，阴毛修剪与自述的性传播感染（STI）病史之间存在关联，特别是淋病（GC）、衣原体感染（CT）或人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）。我们评估了自述极端修剪与实验室确认的 GC/CT 流行率之间的关联。在 2017 年 4 月至 2018 年 4 月期间，我们招募了在中西部一所大型大学就读的讲英语的成年女性学生，她们在校内接受 STI 检测。参与者完成了一份关于人口统计学、性行为和修剪行为的问卷，该问卷基于核酸扩增检测与他们的 GC/CT 检测结果相关联。我们将极端修剪定义为过去 12 个月中至少每周或过去 30 天内修剪 6 次以上的方式去除所有阴毛。我们使用两个单独的逻辑回归模型来确定在过去一年或过去一个月的任意时间间隔内，GC/CT 出现的几率是否因极端修剪者的状态而有所不同。在研究样本的 214 名女性中，GC/CT 的流行率为 9.8%。几乎所有参与者（98.1%）都有过修剪阴毛的经历；过去一年中，53.6%是极端修剪者，18%是过去一个月的极端修剪者。在过去一年（比值比[OR] = 0.8；95%置信区间[CI]：0.3-1.9；调整 OR = 0.7；95% CI：0.3-2.0）或过去一个月（OR = 0.5；95% CI：0.1-2.0；aOR = 0.4；95% CI：0.1-1.9）中，极端修剪与普遍存在的 GC/CT 无关。阴毛修剪在参加 STI 检测的女大学生中很常见。研究结果不支持阴毛修剪是该人群中 STI 的危险因素。
