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Table 3 Demographic and sexual risk behavior characteristics of women with concurrent concordant- and discordant multiple C hlamydia trachomatis infections

From: No indication for tissue tropism in urogenital and anorectal Chlamydia trachomatis infections using high-resolution multilocus sequence typing

Variable

Total (N = 206)

Concordant (N = 179)

Discordant (N = 27)

 
 

*

n

(%)

*

n

(%)

*

n

(%)

P

Demographics

          

Age in years (continuous)

206

  

179

  

27

  

0.321

  Median (IQR)

 

22

(20–26)

 

22

(20–26)

 

21

(19–26)

 

Age in years (categorical)

206

  

179

  

27

  

0.213

  <15

 

0

(0.0%)

 

0

(0.0%)

 

0

(0.0%)

 

  15-19

 

38

(18.4%)

 

30

(16.8%)

 

8

(29.6%)

 

  20-24

 

105

(51.0%)

 

95

(53.1%)

 

10

(37.0%)

 

  25-29

 

43

(20.9%)

 

35

(19.6%)

 

8

(29.6%)

 

  30-39

 

13

(6.3%)

 

12

(6.7%)

 

1

(3.7%)

 

  ≥40

 

7

(3.4%)

 

7

(3.9%)

 

0

(0.0%)

 

Ethnicity

206

  

179

  

27

  

0.327

  Dutch

 

97

(47.1%)

 

84

(46.9%)

 

13

(48.1%)

 

  Surinamese

 

38

(18.4%)

 

30

(16.8%)

 

8

(29.6%)

 

  Eastern European

 

22

(10.7%)

 

20

(11.2%)

 

2

(7.4%)

 

  Other

 

49

(23.8%)

 

45

(25.1%)

 

4

(14.8%)

 

Sexual behavior

          

Number of partners in preceding 6 months (continuous)

206

  

179

  

27

  

0.545

  Median (IQR)

 

3

(2–5)

 

3

(2–5)

 

3

(1–6)

 

Vaginal intercourse

203

  

177

  

26

  

0.831

  Safe

 

21

(10.3%)

 

18

(10.2%)

 

3

(11.5%)

 

  Unsafe

 

182

(89.7%)

 

159

(89.8%)

 

23

(88.5%)

 

Receptive anal intercourse

205

  

179

  

26

  

0.797

  None

 

110

(53.7%)

 

97

(54.2%)

 

13

(50.0%)

 

  Safe

 

17

(8.3%)

 

14

(7.8%)

 

3

(11.5%)

 

  Unsafe

 

78

(38.0%)

 

68

(38.0%)

 

10

(38.5%)

 

Active oral intercourse

203

  

177

  

26

  

0.969

  None

 

28

(13.8%)

 

24

(13.6%)

 

4

(15.4%)

 

  Safe

 

8

(3.9%)

 

7

(4.0%)

 

1

(3.8%)

 

  Unsafe

 

167

(82.3%)

 

146

(82.5%)

 

21

(80.8%)

 

Notified of STI by a sexual partner

206

  

179

  

27

  

0.435

  No

 

143

(69.4%)

 

126

(70.4%)

 

17

(63.0%)

 

  Yes

 

63

(30.6%)

 

53

(29.6%)

 

10

(37.0%)

 

STI related symptoms

206

  

179

  

27

  

0.209

  No

 

87

(42.2%)

 

70

(39.1%)

 

17

(63.0%)

 

  Yes

 

122

(59.2%)

 

109

(60.9%)

 

13

(48.1%)

 

HIV status

206

  

179

  

27

  

0.679

  Unknown

 

4

(1.9%)

 

4

(2.2%)

 

0

(0.0%)

 

  Negative

 

201

(97.6%)

 

174

(97.2%)

 

27

(100.0%)

 

  Positive

 

1

(0.5%)

 

1

(0.6%)

 

0

(0.0%)

 

Received money for sex in preceding 6 months

206

  

179

  

27

  

0.263

  Yes

 

175

(85.0%)

 

154

(86.0%)

 

21

(77.8%)

 

  No

 

31

(15.0%)

 

25

(14.0%)

 

6

(22.2%)

 
  1. Abbreviations: STI sexual transmitted infection, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, IQR interquartile range, P P-value.
  2. Significant P-values in bold.
  3. *Number of individuals with available data.
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