A comprehensive overview of urogenital, anorectal and oropharyngeal Neisseria gonorrhoeae testing and diagnoses among different STI care providers: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Evaluation of the effects of STI care provider, age, time and social economic status on the number of Neisseria gonorrhoea positives, irrespective of anatomical location^a

	Test positivity per category		Men Test positivity 3.2% (167/5183)		Women Test positivity 0.8% (80/10,275)
	N	%	n	Adj. OR (95% CI)	n	Adj. OR (95% CI)
Provider
GP	111	1.9	76	1 (ref)**	35	1 (ref)*
STI clinic	131	1.7	91	0.48 (0.35–0.66)	40	1.33 (0.83–2.12)
Gynaecologist	5	0.2	n.a.	n.a.	5	0.35 (0.14–0.92)
Age
16–21 years	33	1.6	21	1 (ref)**	12	1 (ref)
22–24 years	38	1.6	23	0.63 (0.35–1.16)	15	1.23 (0.57–2.64)
25–29 years	50	1.1	32	0.41 (0.23–0.72)	18	0.84 (0.40–1.76)
30–39 years	53	1.7	39	0.78 (0.45–1.36)	14	1.08 (0.49–2.37)
40+ years	73	2.1	52	0.84 (0.50–1.42)	21	1.58 (0.76–3.26)
Test year (cont.)^b				0.86 (0.76–0.97)*		0.89 (0.76–1.05)
SES^c
low	90	1.7	59	1.09 (0.74–1.62)	31	1.17 (0.67–2.02)
medium	80	1.5	54	0.99 (0.66–1.48)	26	0.92 (0.52–1.62)
high	68	1.5	46	1 (ref)	22	1 (ref)
CT positive	42	3.2	29	1.92 (1.26–2.92)**	13	2.21 (1.19–4.09)**

Adj. OR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, GP general practitioner, STI sexually transmitted infection, SES social economic status, CT Chlamydia trachomatis
Overall P-values for categorical variables were specified by: * P < 0.05 ** P < 0.01
^aCalculated by means of multivariable logistic regression analysis, including provider, age, test year and SES
^bRange of test years: 2006–2010
^cThe numbers given for the SES categories do not add up to the total number of tests performed, because of missing SES data for a proportion of patients

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