Results
A total of 92 women were recruited, including 46
IUD users and 46 non-IUD users. The demographic
and baseline characteristics of both groups of women
were similar (Table 1). The mean age of the IUD group
and the non-IUD, non-hormonal group were 38.3±6.2
years and 35.1±6.8 years, respectively. Multiload IUD
and TCu 380 A were using in 30 (65.2%) and 16 (34.8%)
women, respectively. The type of IUD was identified by
the difference in the colors of IUD tail. Among the
non-IUD, non-hormonal users, 31 (67.4%) women had
female sterilization and 15 (32.6%) women practiced
periodic abstinence. The prevalence of cervicovaginal