Table 1.
Baseline Demographic and Clinical Characteristics by Chlamydial Status
| Characteristics | Chlamydia Negative (N = 111), No. (%) | Chlamydia Positive (N = 94), No. (%) | P valuea |
| Demographics | |||
| Age | |||
| <25 y | 53 (47.8) | 81 (86.2) | |
| ≥25 y | 58 (52.3) | 13 (13.8) | <.0001 |
| Married | 8 (7.8) | 5 (5.6) | .57 |
| Education | |||
| Less than high school | 44 (39.6) | 45 (47.9) | |
| High school or greater | 67 (60.4) | 49 (52.1) | .24 |
| Uninsured | 51 (50.0) | 38 (43.7) | .39 |
| Clinical Findings | |||
| Temperature (>38°C) | 15 (14.7) | 4 (4.4) | .02 |
| WBC (>10 000 mm3) | 32 (38.1) | 28 (33.3) | .52 |
| C-reactive protein (>5 mg/dL) | 1 (8.3) | 16 (72.7) | .0003 |
| Bilateral adnexal tenderness | 92 (82.9) | 65 (69.2) | .02 |
| Neisseria gonorrhoeae | 34 (35.1) | 27 (34.6) | .95 |
| Mycoplasma genitalium | 12 (12.2) | 8 (13.3) | .84 |
| Bacterial vaginosis | 69 (65.7) | 58 (66.7) | .89 |
| Cervicitis | 60 (59.4) | 56 (65.1) | .42 |
| Endometritis | 42 (45.7) | 49 (67.1) | .006 |
| Behavioral | |||
| Current smoker | 50 (45.1) | 39 (41.5) | .61 |
| Drug use | 34 (30.6) | 31 (33.0) | .72 |
Abbreviation: WBC, white blood cell count.
a
χ2 was used to derive the P value. Fisher’s exact test was used when cell count was less than 3.