TABLE 1.

Characteristics of study population by gender^a

Characteristic	Men (n = 87)	Women (n = 43)	P
Age (yr [mean ± SD])	26.5 ± 7.3	22.8 ± 5.7	0.004
No. (%) of subjects
Race
African American	86 (97.7)	38 (88.4)	0.02
White	1 (1.1)	5 (11.6)
Marital status
Single	77 (88.5)	40 (93.0)	0.66
Married	7 (8.1)	3 (7.0)
Divorced or other	3 (3.4)	0 (0.0)
Reason for visit
Symptoms	79 (90.8)	10 (23.3)	<0.001
Contact	1 (1.1)	12 (27.9)
Positive laboratory test	1 (1.2)	14 (32.6)
Other	6 (6.9)	7 (16.2)
Symptoms
Discharge	76 (87.4)	9 (20.9)	<0.001
Dysuria	52 (59.8)	1 (2.3)	<0.001
Treatment for gonorrhea within the last year
Yes	37 (42.5)	7 (16.3)	0.003
No	50 (57.5)	36 (83.7)
Treated for other STDs
Yes	21 (24.1)	22 (51.2)	0.002
No	66 (75.8)	21 (48.8)
With the following no. of part- ners within the last 6 mo:
1	23 (26.4)	23 (53.5)	0.29
2	28 (32.2)	11 (25.6)
3 or more	36 (41.4)	9 (20.9)
With a new partner within the last 30 days
No	58 (66.7)	37 (86.1)	0.02
Yes	29 (33.3)	6 (13.9)
Number of days with discharge (mean ± SE)	3.5 ± 4.0	6.9 ± 4.6	0.02

^aA total of 130 patients were evaluated.