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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Infect Dis. 2015 Aug 7;38:115–120. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.07.025

Table 3.

Factors associated with N. gonorrhoeae incidence in univariate analysis (N=792)

Demographic and behavioral characteristics HR (95% CI)
Age (years) 16–20 1.0
21–25 0.5 (0.22–1.07)
26–52 1.0 (0.54–1.69)
Ethnicity Han 1.0
Other 1.3 (0.76–2.18)
Place of registered permanent Residence Local city 1.0
Other cities in Yunnan 1.2 (0.65–2.10)
Outside Yunnan 0.9 (0.44–2.03)
Education level ≤6 years 1.0
>6 years 0.5 (0.33–0.90)
Marital status Married or cohabitation 1.0
Single, separated, divorced, or widowed 1.0 (0.61–1.77)
Commercial sex venue Lower risk 1.0
Higher risk 3.1 (1.88–5.17)
Residence type Apartment 1.0
Family home 0.7 (0.30–1.64)
Brothel or other working location 1.5 (0.81–2.71)
Drug use (ever) Non-drug user 1.0
Non-injection illegal drug user 1.0 (0.42–2.63)
Injection drug user 0.9 (0.44–1.82)
Drinks alcohol No 1.0
Yes 0.5 (0.29–0.78)
Duration of commercial sex work (years) <2 1.0
2–5 1.1 (0.60–1.86)
≥5 0.7 (0.36–1.43)
Age at sexual debut (years) <18 1.0
≥18 0.6 (0.37–1.01)
Age at initiation of commercial sex work (years) ≥20 1.0
<20 0.9 (0.54–1.55)
Number of clients in previous week <7 1.0
≥7 1.7 (1.01–3.02)
Always used condom with clients in previous week Yes 1.0
No 2.7 (1.57–4.60)
Had regular sexual partner No 1.0
Yes 0.8 (0.50–1.36)
Always used condom with regular partner in previous week Yes 1.0
No 0.8 (0.35–1.77)
Fee per service ≥100 RMB 1.0
<100 RMB 1.6 (0.95–2.56)
Vaginal douching No 1.0
Yes 1.1 (0.55–2.14)
HIV sero-positivity No 1.0
Yes 1.5 (0.79–2.90)
HSV-2 sero-positivity No 1.0
Yes 1.8 (0.97–3.41)
C. trachomatis positive No 1.0
Yes 1.8 (1.02–3.11)
T. vaginalis positive No 1.0
Yes 1.0 (0.38–2.38)
Syphilis positive No 1.0
Yes 1.0 (0.39–2.40)