Table 3.
Clinical manifestations of C. trachomatis-infected women with respect to age, clinical departments, antibiotic usage and HPV infection.
| Manifestations | Age (year) | pa value | Clinical departmentsb | p value | Antibiotic usage (previous 3 months) | p value | HPV infection | p value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤25 n = 63 | 25–35 n = 140 | 35–45 n = 58 | >45 n = 42 | PEC n = 80 | ART n = 59 | GC n = 164 | Yes n = 14 | No n = 289 | Yes n = 71 | No n = 232 | |||||
| Asymptomatic (%) | |||||||||||||||
| Yes | 20.6 | 27.9 | 32.8 | 40.5 | 0.15 | 71.3 | 23.7 | 10.4 | <0.001 | 7.1 | 30.1 | 0.122 | 16.9 | 32.8 | 0.01 |
| No | 79.4 | 72.1 | 67.2 | 59.5 | 28.8 | 76.3 | 89.6 | 92.9 | 69.9 | 83.1 | 67.2 | ||||
| Vaginosis (%) | |||||||||||||||
| Yes | 52.4 | 39.3 | 29.3 | 28.6 | 0.03 | 16.3 | 32.2 | 51.8 | <0.001 | 57.1 | 37.7 | 0.145 | 45.1 | 36.6 | 0.202 |
| No | 47.6 | 60.7 | 70.7 | 71.4 | 83.8 | 67.8 | 48.2 | 42.9 | 62.3 | 54.9 | 63.4 | ||||
| Pelvic inflammatory disease (%) | |||||||||||||||
| Yes | 6.3 | 14.3 | 17.2 | 0.0 | 0.017 | 0.0 | 33.9 | 8.5 | <0.001 | 42.9 | 9.7 | 0.001 | 8.5 | 12.1 | 0.398 |
| No | 93.7 | 85.7 | 82.8 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 66.1 | 91.5 | 57.1 | 90.3 | 91.5 | 87.9 | ||||
| Cervicitis (%) | |||||||||||||||
| Yes | 6.3 | 7.9 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 0.726 | 12.5 | 10.2 | 6.1 | 0.218 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.493 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 0.964 |
| No | 93.7 | 92.1 | 89.7 | 88.1 | 87.5 | 89.8 | 93.9 | 100.0 | 91.0 | 91.5 | 91.4 | ||||
| Vagina cleanliness (%) | |||||||||||||||
| I/II | 31.6 | 35.3 | 41.7 | 40.6 | 0.97 | 46.8 | 44.8 | 18.3 | <0.001 | 41.7 | 36.2 | 0.671 | 34.6 | 37.2 | 0.439 |
| III | 36.8 | 37.3 | 33.3 | 31.3 | 40.5 | 34.5 | 31.0 | 41.7 | 35.2 | 30.8 | 37.2 | ||||
| IV | 31.6 | 27.5 | 25.0 | 28.1 | 12.7 | 20.7 | 50.7 | 16.7 | 28.6 | 34.6 | 25.6 | ||||
| Cervical abnormalities (%)c | |||||||||||||||
| Benign | 76.6 | 82.8 | 83.3 | 86.1 | 0.792 | 88.6 | 83.9 | 78.1 | 0.371 | 87.5 | 82.0 | 0.78 | 62.7 | 88.3 | <0.001 |
| ASC-US | 10.6 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 13.6 | 3.2 | ||||
| SIL | 12.8 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 23.7 | 8.5 | ||||
ap values were calculated using Chi-square tests. Bold p value indicate statistically significant, i.e., p < 0.05.bPEC, physical examination center; ART, assisted reproductive technology; GC, gynecology clinics.cASC-US, atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; SIL, squamous intraepithelial lesion.