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Table 1 Patient characteristics in the STD and subfertility cohorts.

From: The CD14 functional gene polymorphism -260 C>T is not involved in either the susceptibility to Chlamydia trachomatis infection or the development of tubal pathology

   

STD cohort

Subfertility cohort

n

  

576

253

CT DNA (LCx)

+

 

184

 
 

-

 

392

 

CT IgG

+

 

217

 
 

-

 

359

 

CT IgG (MIF)

+ (> = 32)

  

41

 

- (<32)

  

212

Coinfections

-

 

401

 
 

+

 

175

 
  

C. albicans

160

 
  

N. gonorrhoea

7

 
  

T. vaginalis

6

 
  

H. simplex virus 1

2

 
  

H. simplex virus 2

5

 

Symptoms

-

 

335

 
 

+

 

221

 
  

Vulvovaginal discharge

157

 
  

Abdominal pain

81

 
  

Dysuria

58

 
  

Bleeding during/after coitus

25

 

Age

Average

 

23.6 y

30 y

 

Range

 

15 – 41 y

19 – 39 y

 

Median

 

23 y

31 y

Tubal Pathology

+

  

50

 

-

  

203

  1. Abbreviations: CT: C. trachomatis; STD: sexually transmitted disease; TP: tubal pathology