The epidemiology of sexually transmitted co-infections in HIV-positive and HIV-negative African-Caribbean women in Toronto

Table 3 Prevalence of chlamydia and predicting factors among HIV-positive and HIV-negative African-Caribbean women in Toronto

	HIV-positive		HIV-negative		Total
	N	% chlamydia	N	% chlamydia	N	% chlamydia
	123	0.0%	286	3.8%	409	2.7%
Age (years)
15-24	2	0.0%	75	10.7%	77	10.4%
≥ 25	121	0.0%	211	1.4%	332	0.90%
p value				0.0013^a		<0.0001^a
CMH^b controlling for HIV status: p value						0.0014
Had sex in previous 6 months
Yes	58	0.0%	163	5.5%	221	4.1%
No	62	0.0%	100	0.0%	162	0.0%
p value				0.015^a		0.012^a
CMH controlling for HIV status: p value						0.017
Region of birth
Canada	2	0.0%	48	8.3%	50	8.0%
Caribbean	20	0.0%	129	4.7%	149	4.0%
Africa	100	0.0%	105	1.0%	205	0.5%
Other	1	0.0%	4	0.0%	5	0.0%
p value				0.13^a		0.012^a
CMH controlling for HIV status: p value						0.15

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