TABLE 1.
Descriptive characteristics of MSM from whom isolates were collected, according to anatomic site of infection
| Parameter | No./total no. (%) |
P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharyngeal (n = 205) | Rectal (n = 261) | Urethral (n = 976) | ||
| City | <0.0001 | |||
| Chicago | 8/205 (3.9) | 9/261 (3.5) | 29/976 (3.0) | |
| Los Angeles | 27/205 (13.2) | 28/261 (10.7) | 168/976 (17.2) | |
| New York | 21/205 (10.2) | 89/261 (34.1) | 363/976 (37.2) | |
| Philadelphia | 48/205 (23.4) | 28/261 (10.7) | 201/976 (20.6) | |
| Seattle | 101/205 (49.3) | 107/261 (41.0) | 215/976 (22.0) | |
| Age | <0.0001 | |||
| 16–25 yr | 80/205 (39.0) | 133/261 (51.0) | 319/971 (32.9) | |
| 26–35 yr | 78/205(38.1) | 84/261 (32.2) | 416/971 (42.8) | |
| 36–45 yr | 29/205 (14.1) | 27/261 (10.3) | 138/971 (14.2) | |
| >45 yr | 18/205 (8.8) | 17/261 (6.5) | 98/971 (10.1) | |
| Race/ethnicity | <0.0001 | |||
| Asian | 8/191 (4.2) | 13/254 (5.1) | 36/939 (3.8) | |
| Black | 30/191 (15.7) | 27/254 (10.6) | 267/939 (28.4) | |
| Hispanic | 30/191 (15.7) | 60/254 (23.6) | 175/939 (18.6) | |
| Othera | 8/191 (4.2) | 13/254 (5.1) | 23/939 (2.5) | |
| White | 115/191 (60.2) | 141/254 (55.5) | 438/939 (46.7) | |
| HIV status | 0.09 | |||
| Positive | 34/196 (17.3) | 64/251 (25.5) | 225/941 (23.9) | |
| Negative | 162/196 (82.7) | 187/251 (74.5) | 716/941 (76.1) | |
a
Includes American Indian/Alaska Native, Pacific Islander/Hawaiian, and other race/ethnicity.