Clinical presentation of asymptomatic and symptomatic heterosexual men who tested positive for urethral gonorrhoea at a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia

Table 1 Demographic and sexual practices among 116 heterosexual men with urethral Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections attending Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, 2017–2018

Characteristics	n (%)
Age (years)
16–25	27 (23.3)
26–35	51 (44.0)
≥ 36	38 (32.8)
Country of birth
Australia	56 (48.3)
Overseas	55 (47.4)
No information	5 (4.3)
Indigenous status
Indigenous origin	0 (0)
Non-Indigenous origin	96 (82.8)
No information	20 (17.2)
Number of female sexual partners in the preceding 3 months, median [IQR]^a	3 [2–4]
Number of female sexual partners in the preceding 3 months
≤ 4	73 (62.9)
> 4	34 (29.3)
No information	9 (7.8)
Condom use with female sexual partners in the preceding 3 months^b
Always	16 (13.8)
Not always	87 (75.0)
No information	13 (11.2)
Sexual contact with a woman diagnosed with gonorrhoea
Yes	9 (7.8)
No	107 (92.2)
Sex with sex worker in the last 12 months
Yes	16 (13.8)
No	61 (52.6)
No information	39 (33.6)
Sex overseas in the last 12 months
Yes	39 (33.6)
No	68 (58.6)
No information	9 (7.8)

IQR interquartile range, NA not applicable
^a The median was calculated among 107 heterosexual men
^b ‘Not always’ was defined as men who sometimes, usually or never used a condom with their female partners in the preceding 3 months

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