Sensitivity analyses of initiation rites and dysmenorrhoea contrasting women who completed all rites with those who completed only one component rite.
| Frequencies | Risk of dysmenorrhoea | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | No | Yes | p Value | OR | 95% CI | p Fisher | |||
| None | 46 | 14 | 30.4 | 32 | 69.6 | 0.001 | 7.5 | 1.95 to 28.7 | 0.001 |
| Emesis | 71 | 39 | 54.9 | 32 | 45.1 | 0.001 | 2.85 | 1.04 to 7.82 | 0.050 |
| Cared for during the ceremony | 142 | 110 | 77.5 | 32 | 22.5 | 0.001 | 3.73 | 1.59 to 8.78 | 0.001 |
| Followed prescribed diet | 133 | 101 | 75.9 | 32 | 24.1 | 0.001 | 3.73 | 1.58 to 8.85 | 0.001 |
| Spent time in isolation | 133 | 101 | 75.9 | 32 | 24.1 | 0.001 | 3.73 | 1.58 to 8.85 | 0.001 |
| Applied carayurú powder | 156 | 124 | 79.5 | 32 | 20.5 | 0.001 | 3.89 | 1.68 to 9.02 | 0.001 |
| Blessed by traditional healer | 164 | 132 | 80.5 | 32 | 19.5 | 0.001 | 4.20 | 1.83 to 9.66 | 0.001 |
| Body painted with we | 94 | 62 | 66.0 | 32 | 34.0 | 0.001 | 4.15 | 1.65 to 10.4 | 0.001 |
| Cut hair | 127 | 95 | 74.8 | 32 | 25.8 | 0.001 | 4.31 | 1.81 to 10.2 | 0.001 |
| Had a Godmother | 94 | 62 | 66.0 | 32 | 34.0 | 0.001 | 4.44 | 1.77 to 11.1 | 0.001 |
| Inhaled ají | 91 | 59 | 64.8 | 32 | 35.2 | 0.001 | 5.05 | 1.99 to 12.77 | 0.001 |