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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 3.
Published in final edited form as: Int J STD AIDS. 2003 Dec;14(12):848–853. doi: 10.1258/095646203322556200

Table 3.

Risk factors for chlamydia and/or gonorrhoea infection*

Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
Predictors OR 95% CI Adjusted OR Adjusted 95% CI
Sociodemographic factors
 Age (⩽30 vs. >30), (n=545) 4.0 2.1–7.5 3.3 1.7–6.7
 Length of time in a relationship (⩽4 yrs vs. >4 yrs), (n=530) 2.3 1.5–3.8 1.2 0.67–2.1
Sexual history factors
 Number of lifetime sex partners (> 1 vs. 1) 2.1 1.3–3.4 1.9 1.1–3.1
 Partner works in city (n=526) 2.5 1.3–4.8 2.0 0.84–4.9
Economic factors
 Difficulty in transport to clinic (yes vs. no) 2.3 1.4–3.6 2.5 1.5–4.3
 Farming as occupation 0.57 0.35–0.90 0.79 0.43–1.5
 Market vendor as occupation 0.61 0.37–1.0 0.54 0.30–0.97
 Domestic servant as occupation 6.0 2.8–12.7 4.1 1.6–10.4
 Partner’s occupation, farming 0.52 0.30–0.91 1.1 0.49–2.5
 Partner’s occupation, construction worker (n=529) 2.3 1.1–5.0 2.2 0.94–5.2
*

n=549 unless otherwise indicated. Fewer than 549 observations indicate missing data in column on the left indicates missing data for the univariate analysis

n=521 for multivariate model due to missing data