Infection with Trichomonas vaginalis increases the risk of psychiatric disorders in women: a nationwide population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Trichomonas vaginalis is a protozoan parasite that causes trichomoniasis and annually infects approximately 276 million people worldwide. We observed an ambiguously higher probability of trichomoniasis in patients from the psychiatric department of Tri-Service General Hospital. Herein, we aimed to investigate the association between trichomoniasis and the risk of developing psychiatric disorders.

Methods

The nationwide population-based study utilized the database of the National Health Insurance (NHI) programme in Taiwan. A total of 46,865 subjects were enrolled in this study from 2000-2013, comprising 9373 study subjects with trichomoniasis and 37,492 subjects without trichomoniasis as the control group. Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was performed

SUBMITTER: Lin HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6417068 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature