TABLE 3.
Demographic, gynecologic, and behavioral characteristics of men or women with or without STD
| Demographic characteristic | With STD
|
Without STD
|
P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n = 21)a | Women (n = 32) | Total (n = 53) | Men (n = 66) | Women (n = 65) | Total (n = 131) | ||
| Mean age (range) | 21 (19-28) | 20 (18-26) | 21 (18-28) | 21 (16-26) | 20 (18-35) | 21 (16-35) | NSb |
| Heterosexual | 21 (100) | 32 (100) | 47 (100) | 66 (100) | 64 (98) | 130 (99) | NS |
| Previous STD | 7 (33) | 5 (16) | 12 (23) | 0 | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | 0.0001 |
| Abnormal Pap smear | NAc | 8 (25) | NA | NA | 6 (9) | NA | 0.0377 |
| Oral contraceptives | NA | 18 (56) | NA | NA | 45 (69) | NA | NS |
| Depo-provera | NA | 2 (6) | NA | NA | 2 (3) | NA | NS |
| Mean age at first intercourse (range) | 17 (11-19) | 17 (13-22) | 17 (11-22) | 17 (11-21) | 17 (14-21) | 17 (11-21) | NS |
| Mean no. of partners, lifetime (range) | 8 (3-20) | 5 (1-20) | 5 (1-20) | 6 (1-40) | 3 (1-10) | 4 (1-40) | NS |
| Mean no. of partners in last 3 mo (range) | 2 (1-12) | 1 (0-5) | 2 (0-12) | 1 (0-3) | 1 (0-3) | 1 (0-3) | NS |
| Condom use | |||||||
| Always | 6 (29) | 5 (16) | 11 (21) | 23 (35) | 17 (26) | 40 (31) | NS |
| Sometimes | 11 (52) | 11 (34) | 22 (40) | 14 (21) | 12 (18) | 26 (20) | 0.0024 |
| Never | 4 (20) | 7 (22) | 11 (21) | 29 (44) | 18 (28) | 47 (36) | NS |
a
Data are number infected out of the total number tested (%), unless otherwise indicated.
b
NS, not significant.
c
NA, not applicable.