Table 7.
Association between PPNG type, double resistance, triple drug resistance, and variables.
| Variable | PPNG type, N (%) | Double resistance, N (%) | Triple resistance, N (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PPNG/TRNG/CRNG) | |||||||
| Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
| Age group (years) | ≤42 | 7 (58.3) | 5 (41.7) | 20 (30.8) | 45 (69.2) | 6 (9.2) | 59 (90.8) |
| >42 | 16 (66.7) | 8 (33.3) | 30 (36.1) | 53 (63.9) | 12 (14.5) | 71 (85.5) | |
| P-value | 0.447 | 0.493 | 0.334 | ||||
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| Living area | Rural | 5 (71.4) | 2 (28.6) | 8 (28.6) | 20 (71.4) | 3 (10.7) | 25 (89.3) |
| Urban | 18 (62.1) | 11 (37.9) | 42 (35.0) | 78 (65.0) | 15 (12.5) | 105 (87.5) | |
| P-value | 0.501 | 0.517 | 0.795 | ||||
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| Family status | Married | 21 (63.6) | 12 (36.4) | 48 (35.6) | 87 (64.4) | 17 (12.6) | 118 (87.4) |
| Widowed/divorced | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (16.7) | 10 (83.3) | 1 (8.3) | 11 (91.7) | |
| P-value | 0.709 | 0.157 | 0.666 | ||||
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| Education level | Illiterate | 17 (77.3) | 5 (22.7) | 30 (33.0) | 61 (67.0) | 7 (7.7) | 84 (92.3) |
| Literate | 6 (42.9) | 8 (57.1) | 20 (35.1) | 37 (64.9) | 11 (19.3) | 46 (80.7) | |
| P-value | 0.036 | 0.791 | 0.036 | ||||
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| Number of pregnancy | ≤3 | 11 (52.4) | 10 (47.6) | 28 (31.1) | 62 (68.9) | 12 (13.3) | 78 (86.7) |
| >3 | 12 (80) | 3 (20) | 22 (40) | 33 (60) | 6 (10.9) | 49 (89.1) | |
| P-value | 0.089 | 0.275 | 0.668 | ||||
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| Parity | ≤3 | 13 (56.5) | 10 (43.5) | 34 (68.0) | 66 (66.0) | 12 (12.0) | 88 (88.0) |
| >3 | 10 (76.9) | 3 (23.1) | 16 (32.0) | 29 (64.4) | 6 (13.3) | 39 (86.7) | |
| P-value | 0.195 | 0.855 | 0.822 | ||||
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| History of miscarriage | No | 16 (69.6) | 7 (30.4) | 32 (31.1) | 71 (68.9) | 12 (11.7) | 91 (88.3) |
| Yes | 7 (58.3) | 5 (41.7) | 17 (41.5) | 24 (58.5) | 5 (12.2) | 36 (87.8) | |
| P-value | 0.382 | 0.235 | 0.564 | ||||
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| Menopause | No | 11 (52.4) | 10 (47.6) | 32 (35.2) | 59 (64.8) | 12 (13.2) | 79 (86.8) |
| Yes | 12 (80) | 3 (20) | 18 (33.3) | 36 (66.7) | 6 (11.1) | 48 (88.9) | |
| P-value | 0.089 | 0.823 | 0.714 | ||||
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| Passive smoking | No | 17 (68) | 8 (32) | 40 (36.7) | 69 (63.3) | 11 (10.1) | 98 (89.9) |
| Yes | 6 (54.5) | 5 (45.5) | 10 (28.6) | 25 (71.4) | 7 (20.0) | 28 (80.0) | |
| P-value | 0.342 | 0.380 | 0.109 | ||||
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| Use of oral contraception | No | 19 (70.4) | 8 (29.6) | 33 (32.0) | 70 (68.0) | 14 (13.6) | 89 (86.4) |
| Yes | 4 (44.4) | 5 (55.6) | 17 (39.5) | 26 (60.5) | 4 (9.3) | 39 (90.7) | |
| P-value | 0.158 | 0.384 | 0.472 | ||||
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| Age at first sexual intercourse (years) | ≤21 | 18 (72) | 7 (28) | 31 (31.6) | 67 (68.4) | 13 (13.3) | 85 (86.7) |
| >21 | 5 (45.5) | 6 (54.5) | 19 (38.8) | 30 (61.2) | 5 (10.2) | 44 (89.8) | |
| P-value | 0.126 | 0.389 | 0.594 | ||||
PPNG, penicillinase-producing N. gonorrhoeae (plasmid-mediated); TRNG, tetracycline resistant N. gonorrhoeae (plasmid-mediated); CRNG: ciprofloxacin-resistant N. gonorrhoeae.