Table 2.
Prevalence of anal and pharyngeal infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis and/or Neisseria gonorrhoeae among 718 MSM/TW participants and subgroups by self-reported sexual identity
| Type of infection | Total enrolled (N=718) |
Gay/homosexual (N=465) |
Transgender women (N=208) |
Bisexual/hetero (N=45) |
p Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/N | Per cent | n/N | Per cent | n/N | Per cent | n/N | Per cent | ||
| Anal | |||||||||
| Chlamydia trachomatis | 133/701 | (19.0) | 87/453 | (19.2) | 41/204 | (20.1) | 5/44 | (11.4) | 0.40 |
| Neisseria gonorrhoeae | 67/701 | (9.6) | 39/453 | (8.6) | 25/204 | (12.3) | 3/44 | (6.8) | 0.28 |
| Either | 169/701 | (24.1) | 105/453 | (23.2) | 57/204 | (27.9) | 7/44 | (15.9) | 0.18 |
| Both concurrently | 31/701 | (4.4) | 21/453 | (4.6) | 9/204 | (4.4) | 1/44 | (2.3) | 0.77 |
| Pharyngeal | |||||||||
| Chlamydia trachomatis | 34/712 | (4.8) | 19/460 | (4.1) | 14/208 | (6.7) | 1/44 | (2.3) | 0.25 |
| Neisseria gonorrhoeae | 46/712 | (6.5) | 25/460 | (5.4) | 20/208 | (9.6) | 1/44 | (2.3) | 0.06 |
| Either | 73/712 | (10.2) | 41/460 | (8.9) | 30/208 | (14.4) | 2/44 | (4.6) | 0.04 |
| Both concurrently | 7/712 | (1.0) | 3/460 | (0.7) | 4/208 | (1.9) | 0/44 | (0.0) | 0.24 |
p Value from χ2 or Fisher’s exact test to compare prevalence of infections between sex identity/gender groups.
Values between parentheses are percentages in column display.
Of 718 participants, 701 provided anal swabs and 712 pharyngeal swabs.
MSM/TW, men who have sex with men transgender women.