Table 8.
Variables associated with NG resistance types (multivariate analysis).
| Variables | Odds ratio | 95% CI | P-value | ||
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| TRNG | Education level | Illiterate | 1 | ||
| Literate | 2.798 | 1.295 – 6.045 | 0.009 | ||
| Parity | ≤3 | 1 | |||
| >3 | 2.920 | 1.303 – 6.547 | 0.009 | ||
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| CRNG | Area | Rural | 1 | ||
| Urban | 3.680 | 1.458-9.290 | 0.006 | ||
| Family status | Married | 1 | |||
| Widowed/divorced | 0.176 | 0.050-0.614 | 0.006 | ||
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| PPNG (double) | Education level | Illiterate | 1 | ||
| Literate | 4.533 | 1.059 – 19.407 | 0.042 | ||
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| Triple drug resistance | Education level | Illiterate | 1 | ||
| (PPNG/TRNG/CRNG) | |||||
| Literate | 2.870 | 1.041 – 7.907 | 0.041 | ||
PPNG, penicillinase-producing N. gonorrhoeae (plasmid-mediated); TRNG, tetracycline resistant N. gonorrhoeae (plasmid-mediated); CRNG: ciprofloxacin-resistant N. gonorrhoeae.