Table 2.
Frequency of clinical manifestations with or without current C. trachomatis infection in women who did not have any other infection and their treatment outcome
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| Women | Positive | Negative | OR | χ 2 | p | Treatment given | Treatment outcome C. trachomatis | Live birth after treatment | Loss to follow up | |||
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| N=103 | N=693 | |||||||||||
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| N | (%) | (%) | Negative | Positive | ||||||||
| Infertility | 47 | 45.6 | 189 | 27.27 | 2.24 | 13.3 | 0.00014 | 42 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| RSA | 11 | 10.7 | 106 | 15.29 | 0.66 | 1.63 | 0.217 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | - |
| ANC | 24 | 23.3 | 138 | 19.91 | 1.22 | 4.47 | 0.425 | 8 | not known | 8 | - | |
| LGTI | 19 | 18.4 | 168 | 24.24 | 0.71 | 1.13 | 0.195 | 9 | 9 | -- | -- | -- |
| Asymptomatic control | 2 | 1.9 | 92 | 13.28 | - | 9.67 | 0.0002 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| Total | 103 | - | 693 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 72 | 48 | 4 | 16 | 12 |
Notes: Infertility=Women unable to conceive after two years of cohabitation with husband; RSA=Recurrent spontaneous abortion; ANC=Antenatal cases or pregnant women; LGTI=Lower genital tract infections; Asymptomatic controls=Healthy women without any sign or symptoms of any infection or disease