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. 2014 Feb 6;4(2):e003947. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003947

Table 2.

Association of characteristics with Mycoplasma genitalium and Chlamydia trachomatis in NCSP attendees

Characteristic (N=2441) Per centage of women with characteristic M genitalium (%) (proportion of women) aOR* (95% CI) p Value C trachomatis (%) (proportion of women) aOR* (95% CI) p Value
Age
 15–19 41.6 2.8 (29/1045) 8.3 (87/1045)
 20–24 56.5 2.0 (28/1396) 5.7 (79/1396)
Ethnicity
 White 46.6 2.0 (23/1138) 1 7.4 (84/1138) 1
 Black or black British 12.8 4.8 (15/314) 2.3 (1.2 to 4.5) 0.01 8.3 (26/314) 1.1 (0.7 to 1.7) 0.83
 Asian or Asian British 4.4 1.9 (2/108) 0.9 (0.2 to 4.0) 0.93 6.2 (5/108) 0.6 (0.3 to 1.6) 0.33
 Mixed 7.7 3.7 (7/187) 1.8 (0.8 to 4.3) 0.18 10.2 (19/187) 1.3 (0.8 to 2.3) 0.29
 Other ethnic groups 28.4 1.4 (10/694) 0.7 (0.3 to 1.5) 0.35 4.6 (32/694) 0.6 (0.4 to 0.9) 0.01
New sexual partner in previous 3 months
 Yes 31.5 3.2 (25/770) 1.5 (0.8 to 2.6) 0.20 9.2 (71/770) 1.6 (1.1 to 2.3) 0.01
 No 39.3 2.2 (21/959) 1 5.8 (56/959) 1
 Do not want to answer 0.2 0.0 (0/6) 0.0 (0/6)
 Not filled in 28.9 1.6 (11/706) 0.7 (0.3 to 1.4) 0.33 5.5 (39/706) 0.9 (0.6 to 1.4) 0.69
Sex with >1 partner within 12 months
 Yes 30.8 3.9 (29/751) 2.4 (1.3 to 4.4) 0.01 10.0 (75/751) 2.0 (1.4 to 2.8) <0.01
 No 39.5 1.7 (16/963) 1 5.4 (52/963) 1
 Do not want to answer 0.3 0.0 (0/8) 0.0 (0/8)
 Not filled in 29.5 1.7 (12/719) 1.0 (0.5 to 2.1) 0.99 5.4 (39/719) 1.0 (0.6 to 1.5) 0.99
Specimen
 Cervical/ 1.3 3.2 (1/31) 3.3 (0.4 to 25.8) 0.26 9.7 (3/31) 2.0 (0.6 to 7.4) 0.21
 Self-taken vaginal 40.4 4.2 (41/986) 4.2 (2.3 to 7.6) <0.001 9.3 (92/986) 2.0 (1.5 to 2.8) <0.001
 First catch urine 58.3 1.0 (15/1424) 1 5.0 (71/1424) 1

*aOR, ORs adjusted for age only.