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Table 4 Number of MSM being tested for STI/HIV in the national STI database and case-finding effectiveness

From: Current practices of partner notification among MSM with HIV, gonorrhoea and syphilis in the Netherlands: an urgent need for improvement

 

N included

Case finding effectiveness (%)

Logistic regression

Multivariate

   

OR (95%CI)

 

p-value

HIV

38,879

2.4

   

Unnotified

33,924

2.1

1.0

  

Notified

4,955

4.6

2.3* (1.9-2.6)

 

<0.001

Chlamydia

48,657

10.6

   

Unnotified

42,019

9.6

1.0

  

Notified

6,638

16.8

2.0** (1.8-2.1)

 

<0.001

Gonorrhoea

48,649

8.4

   

Unnotified

42,012

7.4

1.0

  

Notified

6,637

14.7

2.5*** (2.3-2.7)

 

<0.001

Syphilis

48,532

3.0

   

Unnotified

41,929

2.8

1.0

  

Notified

6,603

4.0

1.7*** (1.5-2.0)

 

<0.001

Hepatitis B

20,726

0.8

   

Unnotified

17,679

0.7

1.0

 

<0.001

Notified

3,047

1.2

1.7* (1.2-2.5)

  
  1. * No adjustments; ** Adjusted for previous STI, Known HIV + and symptoms;
  2. *** Adjusted for symptoms; CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio.
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