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. 2003 Dec;41(12):5609–5614. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5609-5614.2003

TABLE 2.

Demographic data arranged by cluster

Parameter opa-1 cluster (n = 49)
opa-4 cluster (n = 63)
All other clusters and unique opa types
Male (n = 17) Female (n = 32) Male (n = 26) Female (n = 37) Male (n = 94) Female (n = 61)
Ethnic group (no.)
    White 8 25 6 34 53 52
    Black 9 6 19 1 18 6
    Other 0 1 1 2 3 3
Postal code
    Central Sheffield 13 24 20 34 52 46
    Outer Sheffield 4 6 6 3 42 15
Age (yr)
    Mean (SD) 25.4 (5.3) 19.6 (3.5) 25.3 (7.7) 23.1 (5.7) 27.1 (7.1) 23.9 (7.1)
    Range (yr) 15-36 15-28 17-49 16-36 15-45 15-47
Median no. of reported contacts (range) 2 (0-8) 1 (0-3) 2 (0-4) 1 (0-34) 1 (1-26) 1 (1-22)
No. of screened contacts/no. of unscreened contacts 19/27 26/14 26/18 37/71 86/114 66/117