Table 1.

Baseline Distribution of Chlamydial Load in Those Who Have Infection, and the Percentage with Infection, by Age and Gender, in a Population in Maindi, Tanzania^*

	Males				Females
Age	n	Total Load (Copies)†	% With Any Infection	% With Active Disease§	n	Total Load (Copies)†	% With Any Infection	% With Active Disease§
<5	81	3,062,021	74	81	100	6,936,028	69	78
6–10	67	572,726	51	59	77	1,680,947	62	67
11–20	86	135,896	37	20	95	223,926	56	36
21–30	44	206	39	2	73	13,481	47	13
31–40	27	15,945	37	3	42	543	36	4
41–50	19	898	37	0	23	140	35	4
51+	21	113,882‡	52	8	30	9027	37	6
Total	345	3,901,574	50	36	440	8,864,092	54	40

^*Excluding 88 participants who were positive for infection but are missing quantitative data and three individuals who did not provide a specimen.

^†Total omp1 copies per swab.

^‡One individual accounted for 113,778 copies of this load.

^§Active disease: TF and/or TI.