TABLE 2:

Demographic factors and sexual practices associated with transcription-mediated amplification-based rectal detection of Chlamydia trachomatis-, Neisseria gonorrhoeae-, Trichomonas vaginalis-, and Mycoplasma genitalium-specific rRNA collected at baseline within the RADAR longitudinal cohort study.

Demographic/practice	Rectal C. trachomatis rRNA Detection	Rectal N. gonorrhoeae rRNA Detection	Rectal T. vaginalis rRNA Detection	Rectal M. genitalium rRNA Detection
Mean age (± SD)a
Agent detected	23.9 ± 3.2	24.1 ± 3.2	25.0 ± 3.1	23.8 ± 3.1
Agent not detected	23.6 ± 3.1 [P = 0.43]	23.6 ± 3.1 [P = 0.29]	23.7 ± 3.1 [P = 0.18]	23.6 ± 3.1 [P = 0.37]
Gender (%)b
Cisgender	8.8	6.6	1.0	21.5
Non-cisgender	8.9 [X2=0.01; P=0.98]	8.9 [X2=0.77; P=0.38]	1.0 [X2=0.00; P=1.00]	22.8 [X2=0.08; P=0.78]
Race (%)b
Black/African American	9.3	9.6	1.9	30.6
Non-black/African American	8.6 [X2=0.13; P=0.72]	5.4 [X2=5.67; P=0.02]	0.5 [X2=4.13; P=0.07]	17.0 [X2=22.39; P<.0001]
HIV serostatus (%)b
Positive	12.9	15.9	2.0	41.5
Negative	7.7 [X2=5.05; P=0.02]	4.4 [X2=32.03; P<.0001]	0.7 [X2=2.82; P=0.11]	16.3 [X2=57.72; P<.0001]
Condomless insertive anal/vaginal sex (%)b
Reported	8.4	6.4	1.0	22.9
Not reported	9.2 [X2=0.22; P=0.64]	7.2 [X2=0.19; P=0.66]	1.0 [X2=0.01; P=1.00]	20.7 [X2=0.65; P=0.42]
Condomless receptive anal sex (%)b
Reported	10.5	7.2	1.0	23.6
Not reported	7.4 [X2=2.64; P=0.10]	6.6 [X2=0.13; P=0.72]	1.0 [X2=0.01; P=1.00]	20.0 [X2=1.66; P=0.20]

^aAssociations assessed using independent sample t-tests

^bAssociations assessed using Chi-square tests. In cases in which expected cell counts were less than 5, Fisher’s exact P values are reported.