Table 1.
Patient characteristics in the STD and subfertility cohorts.
| STD cohort | Subfertility cohort | |||
| n | 576 | 253 | ||
| CT DNA (LCx) | + | 184 | ||
| - | 392 | |||
| CT IgG | + | 217 | ||
| - | 359 | |||
| CT IgG (MIF) | + (> = 32) | 41 | ||
| - (<32) | 212 | |||
| Coinfections | - | 401 | ||
| + | 175 | |||
| C. albicans | 160 | |||
| N. gonorrhoea | 7 | |||
| T. vaginalis | 6 | |||
| H. simplex virus 1 | 2 | |||
| H. simplex virus 2 | 5 | |||
| Symptoms | - | 335 | ||
| + | 221 | |||
| Vulvovaginal discharge | 157 | |||
| Abdominal pain | 81 | |||
| Dysuria | 58 | |||
| Bleeding during/after coitus | 25 | |||
| Age | Average | 23.6 y | 30 y | |
| Range | 15 – 41 y | 19 – 39 y | ||
| Median | 23 y | 31 y | ||
| Tubal Pathology | + | 50 | ||
| - | 203 |
Abbreviations: CT: C. trachomatis; STD: sexually transmitted disease; TP: tubal pathology