Table 2 Associations of age, number of reported sexual partners and frequency of sexual practices in the preceding month, with a diagnosis of pharyngeal Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
| C trachomatis | N gonorrhoeae | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | OR (95% CI), p Value | Adjusted OR (95% CI), p Value*† | n (%) | OR (95% CI), p Value | Adjusted OR (95% CI), p Value* | ||
| Age (years) | |||||||
| p = 0.48 | p = 0.06 | p = 0.11 | |||||
| 18–29 | 3/165 (1.8) | 1 | 16/165 (9.7) | 1 | 1 | ||
| 30–39 | 4/303 (1.3) | 0.72 (0.16 to 3.27) | NA | 18/303 (5.9) | 0.59 (0.29 to 1.19) | 0.61 (0.28 to 1.34) | |
| 40–80 | 0/131 (0) | N/A | N/A | 10/131 (7.6) | 0.77 (0.34 to 1.76) | 0.80 (0.32 to 2.02) | |
| Number of sexual partners in the previous month | |||||||
| p = 0.41 | p = 0.13 | p = 0.95 | |||||
| 0–1 | 3/206 (1.5) | 1 | 12/206 (5.8) | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2–5 | 4/238 (1.7) | 1.16 (0.26 to 5.23) | NA | 17/238 (7.1) | 1.24 (0.58 to 2.67) | 0.92 (0.40 to 2.11) | |
| >5 | 0/121 (0) | NA | NA | 12/121 (9.9) | 1.78 (0.77 to 4.10) | 1.03 (0.41 to 2.61) | |
| Number of sexual practices in the previous month | |||||||
| Unprotected insertive oral intercourse | |||||||
| p = 0.33 | p<0.001 | p = 0.005 | |||||
| 0–2 | 1/165 (0.6) | 1 | 3/165 (1.8) | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3–9 | 0/179 (0) | NA | NA | 12/179 (6.7) | 3.88 (1.08 to 14.0) | 3.90 (1.03 to 14.7) | |
| >9 | 3/184 (1.6) | 2.72 (0.28 to 26.4) | NA | 24/184 (13.0) | 8.10 (2.39 to 27.4) | 8.18 (2.21 to 30.3) | |
| Unprotected active oro‐anal intercourse | |||||||
| p = 0.45 | p = 0.25 | p = 0.50 | |||||
| 0 | 1/272 (0.4) | 1 | 17/272 (6.3) | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1–4 | 2/188 (1.1) | 2.91 (0.26 to 32.4) | NA | 14/188 (7.5) | 1.21 (0.58 to 2.51) | 0.94 (0.42 to 2.09) | |
| >4 | 1/98 (1.0) | 2.79 (0.17 to 45.1) | NA | 10/98 (10.2) | 1.70 (0.75 to 3.86) | 0.85 (0.33 to 2.22) | |
NA, not available.
*Adjusted OR is adjusted for all other risk factors in this column.
†Adjusted OR not tested, as numbers of people with infection were too small.