Table 1.
Study Population Demographics, Sexual Behavior, and Sexually Transmitted Infection History and Diagnoses at Enrollment
| Study Participants, No. (%)a | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | All Participants (N = 140) | Participants With ≥1 Incident Pharyngeal GC Infection (n = 19) |
| Age, mean (range), y | 37 (20–75) | 35 (21–54) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| Non-Hispanic white | 88 (63) | 13 (68) |
| Non-Hispanic black/African American | 15 (11) | 0 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 25 (18) | 5 (26) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 8 (5.7) | 1 (5.3) |
| Other | 3 (2.5) | 0 |
| Annual income | ||
| <$14 999 | 54 (39) | 7 (37) |
| >$15 000–$29 999 | 26 (19) | 7 (37) |
| >$30 000–$49 999 | 28 (20) | 2 (11) |
| >$50 000–$99 999 | 25 (18) | 2 (11) |
| >$100 000 | 7 (5.0) | 1 (5.3) |
| Educational attainment | ||
| Grade school | 3 (2.1) | 0 |
| High school | 30 (21) | 6 (32) |
| Some college/associate or technical degree | 50 (36) | 7 (39) |
| Bachelor’s degree/some graduate school | 39 (28) | 5 (28) |
| Graduate degree | 18 (13) | 1 (6) |
| HIV infected | 71 (51) | 11 (58) |
| Self-reported lifetime STI history | ||
| Syphilis | 66 (47) | 9 (47) |
| Gonorrhea | 104 (74) | 18 (95) |
| Chlamydia | 95 (68) | 15 (79) |
| Herpes | 31 (22) | 6 (32) |
| Criteria for study entry | ||
| Bacterial STI diagnosis within past 12 mo | 104 (74) | 15 (79) |
| Methamphetamine or amyl nitrate use | 35 (25) | 3 (17) |
| No. of sexual partners | 117 (84) | 18 (95) |
| Early syphilis diagnosis at enrollment | 5 (4) | 2 (11) |
| HIV diagnosis at enrollment | 1 (1) | 0 |
| Gonorrhea diagnosis at enrollment | 19 (14) | 3 (16) |
| Pharyngeal | 11 (8) | 1 (5) |
| Rectal | 13 (9) | 2 (11) |
| Urethral | 2 (1) | 0 |
| Chlamydia diagnosis at enrollment | 17 (11) | 4 (21) |
| Pharyngeal | 2 (1) | 0 |
| Rectal | 14 (9) | 4 (22) |
| Urethral | 2 (1) | 0 |
| Sexual activity within past 2 mo | ||
| Sexual partners, median (IQR), no. | 6 (4–12) | 8.5 (5–15) |
| Oral-penile sex acts, median (IQR), no. | 8 (5–14) | 6 (4–9) |
| Oral-anal sex performed | 82 (77) | 8 (44) |
Abbreviations: GC, gonococcal; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; IQR, interquartile range; STI, sexually transmitted infection.
aData represent no. (%) of participants unless otherwise specified.