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. 2018 Nov 21;2018:7263849. doi: 10.1155/2018/7263849

Table 6.

Association between global resistance, TRNG, PPNG, CRNG, and variables.

Variable Global resistance, N (%) TRNG, N (%) PPNG, N (%) CRNG, N (%)
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
Age group (years) ≤42 58(89.2) 7 (10.8) 26(40.0) 39 (60.0) 12(18.5) 53 (81.) 52(80.0) 13 (20.0)
>42 76(91.6) 7 (8.4) 43(51.8) 40 (48.2) 24 (28.9) 59 (71.1) 63 (75.9) 20 (24.1)
P-value 0.630 0.153 0.141 0.552

Living area Rural 23(82.1) 5 (17.9) 13(46.4) 15 (53.6) 7 (25.0) 21 (75.0) 17 (60.7) 11 (39.3)
Urban 111(92.5) 9 (7.5) 56 (46.7) 64 (53.3) 29 (24.2) 91 (75.8) 98 (81.7) 22 (18.3)
P-value 0.097 0.982 0.926 0.016

Family status Married 122(90.4) 13 (9.6) 63 (46.7) 72 (53.3) 33 (24.4) 102(75.6) 108 (80.0) 27 (20.0)
Widowed
/divorced
11(91.7) 1 (8.3) 6 (50.0) 6 (50.0) 3 (25.0) 9 (75.0) 6 (50.0) 6 (50.0)
P-value 0.680 0.825 0.601 0.027

Education level Illiterate 83(91.2) 8 (8.8) 38 (41.8) 53 (58.2) 22 (24.2)
69 (75.8) 67 (73.6) 24 (26.4)
Literate 51(89.5) 6 (10.5) 31 (54.4) 26 (45.6) 14 (24.6) 43 (75.4) 48 (84.2) 9 (15.8)
P-value 0.726 0.134 0.985 0.132

Number of pregnancy ≤3 80(88.9) 10 (11.1) 37 (41.1) 53 (58.9) 21 (23.3) 69 (76.7) 74 (82.2) 16 (17.8)
>3 52(94.5) 3 (5.5) 31 (56.4) 24 (43.6) 15 (27.3) 40 (72.7) 40 (72.7) 15 (27.3)
P-value 0.198 0.074 0.594 0.176

Parity ≤3 90(90) 10 (10) 42 (42.0) 58 (58.0) 23 (23.0) 77 (77.0) 83(83.0) 17 (17.0)
>3 42(93.3) 3 (6.7) 26 (57.8) 19 (42.2) 13 (28.9) 32 (71.1) 31(68.9) 14 (31.1)
P-value 0.381 0.078 0.448 0.055

History of miscarriage No 91(88.3) 12 (11.7) 43 (41.7) 60 (58.3) 23 (22.3) 80 (77.7) 81 (78.6) 22 (21.4)
Yes 39(95.1) 2 (4.9) 23 (56.1) 18 (43.9) 12 (29.3) 29 (70.7) 31 (75.6) 10 (24.4)
P-value 0.179 0.119 0.381 0.693

Menopause No 83(91.2) 8 (8.8) 44 (48.4) 47 (51.6) 21 (23.1) 70 (76.9) 74 (81.3) 17 (18.7)
Yes 48(88.9) 1 (11.1) 24 (44.4) 30 (55.6) 15 (27.8) 39 (72.2) 39 (72.2) 15 (27.8)
P-value 0.647 0.649 0.526 0.202

Passive smoking No 98(89.9) 11 (10.1) 49 (45.0) 60 (55.0) 25 (22.9) 84 (77.1) 86 (78.9) 23 (21.1)
Yes 32(91.4) 3 (8.6) 19 (54.3) 16 (45.7) 11 (31.4) 24 (68.6) 26 (74.3) 9 (25.7)
P-value 0.544 0.336 0.313 0.568

Use of oral contraception No 95 (92.2) 8 (7.8) 51 (49.5) 52 (50.5) 27 (26.2) 76 (73.8) 78 (75.7) 25 (24.3)
Yes 37 (86) 6 (14) 17 (39.5) 26 (60.5) 9 (20.9) 34 (79.1) 36 (83.7) 7 (16.3)
P-value 0.195 0.271 0.5 0.287

Age at first sexual intercourse (years) ≤21 90 (91.8) 8 (8.2) 46 (46.9) 52 (53.1) 25 (25.5) 73 (74.5) 76 (77.6) 22 (22.4)
>21 43 (87.8) 6 (12.2) 23 (46.9) 26 (53.1) 11 (22.4) 38 (77.6) 38 (77.6) 11 (22.4)
P-value 0.303 1 0.684 1

PPNG, penicillinase-producing N. gonorrhoeae (plasmid-mediated); TRNG, tetracycline resistant N. gonorrhoeae (plasmid-mediated); CRNG: ciprofloxacin-resistant N. gonorrhoeae.