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. 2013 Mar 6;141(12):2663–2670. doi: 10.1017/S0950268813000459

Table 1.

Distributions of demographic characteristics and comorbid medical disorders for patients in Taiwan with sexually transmitted infections and comparison subjects, 2001–2004 (n = 11 605)

Variable Subjects with sexually transmitted infections (n = 1055) Comparison subjects (n = 10 550) P value
Total no. % Total no. %
Age (years) 1·000
 40–44 227 21·5 2270 21·5
 45–49 201 19·1 2010 19·1
 50–54 160 15·2 1600 15·2
 55–59 79 7·5 790 7·5
 60–64 76 7·2 760 7·2
 65–69 86 8·1 860 8·1
 70–74 102 9·7 1020 9·7
 >74 124 11·7 1240 11·7
History of vasectomy 20 1·9 162 1·5 0·369
Chronic prostatitis 52 4·9 115 1·1 <0·001
Hyperlipidaemia 232 21·9 2144 20·3 0·200
Hypertension 380 36·0 3555 33·7 0·129
Diabetes 205 19·4 1949 18·5 0·446
Obesity 6 0·6 35 0·3 0·216
Alcohol abuse/alcohol dependencesyndrome 11 1·0 78 0·7 0·282
Tobacco use disorder 79 7·5 449 4·3 <0·001
Monthly income 0·811
 NT$0–15 840 324 30·7 3143 29·8
 NT$15 841–25 000 394 37·4 3966 37·6
 ⩾NT$25 001 337 31·9 3441 32·6
Geographical region 0·678
 Northern 543 51·5 5340 50·6
 Central 207 19·6 2089 19·8
 Southern 285 27·0 2859 27·1
 Eastern 20 1·9 262 2·5
Urbanization level 0·140
 1 (most urbanized) 339 32·1 3005 28·5
 2 298 28·3 3078 29·2
 3 182 17·3 1875 17·8
 4 131 12·4 1475 13·9
 5 (least urbanized) 105 9·9 1117 10·6