TABLE 1.
Demographics and Behavioral Characteristics of All MSW and Female NG Contacts Tested at the Pharynx (Ph)
| Overall Study Period: Feb 1, 2017–July 31, 2021 | MSW NG Contacts (n = 170) |
Female NG Contacts (n = 182) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Ph Test (n = 116; 68%) |
Ph Test (n = 54; 32%) |
P | No Ph Test (n = 75; 41%) |
Ph Test (n = 107; 59%) |
P | ||
| Date* | Study period 1: Feb 1, 2017–Aug 31, 2019 (MSW, n = 119; female, n = 118) | 91 (76%) | 28 (24%) | <0.01 | 61 (52%) | 57 (48%) | <0.01 |
| Study period 2: Sept 1, 2019–July 31, 2021 (MSW, n = 51; female, n = 64) | 25 (49%) | 26 (51%) | 14 (22%) | 50 (78%) | |||
| Age, mean (IQR), y | 33 (24–39) | 37 (25–45) | 0.01 | 31 (23–37) | 29 (23–34) | 0.26 | |
| Race/Ethnicity* | Non-Hispanic White (MSW, n = 49; female, n = 74) | 26 (53%) | 23 (47%) | 0.02 | 29 (39%) | 45 (61%) | 0.46 |
| Non-Hispanic Black (MSW, n = 89; female, n = 46) | 70 (79%) | 29 (21%) | 22 (48%) | 24 (52%) | |||
| Hispanic (MSW, n = 10; female, n = 24) | 6 (60%) | 4 (40%) | 7 (29%) | 17 (71%) | |||
| Other/Unknown† (MSW, n = 22; female, n = 38) | 14 (64%) | 8 (36%) | 17 (45%) | 21 (55%) | |||
| Urogenital symptoms* | Present (MSW, n = 80; female, n = 97) | 61 (76%) | 19 (24%) | 0.03 | 40 (41%) | 56 (59%) | 0.10 |
| Absent (MSW, n = 90; female, n = 85) | 55 (61%) | 35 (39%) | 35 (41%) | 50 (59%) | |||
| Ever injected drugs‡ | 6 (55%) | 5 (45%) | 0.25 | 10 (43%) | 13 (57%) | 0.75 | |
| Cocaine/Crack use (in the last 12 mo)* | 3 (30%) | 7 (70%) | <0.01 | 0 (0%) | 13 (100%) | <0.01 | |
| Methamphetamine use (in the last 12 mo)* | 4 (40%) | 6 (60%) | 0.05 | 1 (6%) | 15 (94%) | <0.01 | |
| Received money for sex (in the last 12 mo)* | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | — | 0 (0%) | 3 (100%) | 0.14 | |
| Performed oral sex in the last 2 mo*,§ | Feb 1, 2017–Aug 31, 2019 (MSW, n = 78; female, n = 74) | 53 (68%) | 25 (32%) | 0.02 | 33 (45%) | 41 (55%) | 0.01 |
| Sept 1, 2019–July 31, 2021 (MSW, n = 20; female, n = 40) | 7 (35%) | 13 (65%) | 0.11 | 8 (20%) | 32 (80%) | 0.40 | |
| No. sexual partners in the last 2 mo, mean (SD) | 2 (1.5) | 3 (4.7) | 0.03 | 2 (1.2) | 2 (1.9) | 0.09 | |
MSW indicates heterosexual cis men; NG, Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Ph, pharyngeal. Statistically significant associations noted in bold.
*
Row percents.
†
Mixed race, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Asian, American Indian, Alaska Native, or unknown/declined to state race.
‡
MSW missing 4 (2%) and women missing 19 (10%).
§
MSW missing 4 (2%) and women missing 25 (14%).