TABLE 2.
Mean chlamydial loads at two time points, by specimen type and sex of participants
| Specimen type, group | Time point | n | Chlamydial load (95% CI)
|
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Log mean copies/ml | Geometric mean copies/ml | ||||
| First-void urine, men | 1 | 14 | 7.47 (5.54-9.39) | 1,755 (255-11,968) | 0.538 |
| 2 | 14 | 7.99 (6.23-9.74) | 2,951 (508-16,983) | ||
| Difference | −0.52 (−2.29-1.25) | ||||
| First-void urine, women | 1 | 25 | 6.96 (6.08-7.84) | 1,054 (437-2,540) | 0.394 |
| 2 | 25 | 6.57 (5.64-7.50) | 713 (281-1,808) | ||
| Difference | 0.39 (−0.53-1.32) | ||||
| Vulvovaginal swab, women | 1 | 44 | 9.29 (8.54-10.03) | 10,829 (5,115-22,697) | 0.077 |
| 2 | 44 | 8.54 (7.83-9.23) | 5,115 (2,515-10,199) | ||
| Difference | 0.75 (−0.08-1.59) | ||||