Table 5. Clinical and demographic details of 290 participants used for qPCR validation.
| Outcome | Good outcome | Poor outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment arm | Placebo | Doxycycline | Placebo | Doxycycline |
| Total | 72 | 73 | 72 | 73 |
| Age (mean, range) | 54.5 (26–80) | 56.9 (34–82) | 54.9 (24–80) | 57.5 (30–80) |
| Sex (female/2) | 57 | 53 | 57 | 53 |
| C. trachomatis detected: | ||||
| Baseline | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 month | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 months | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scarring at baseline: | ||||
| C0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| C2 | 59 | 61 | 61 | 57 |
| C3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
| ECA at one month: | ||||
| none | 51 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Grade 2 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 60 |
| Grade 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| ECA at six months: | ||||
| none | 64 | 68 | 26 | 22 |
| Grade 1 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 25 |
| Grade 2 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 20 |
| Grade 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |