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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Infect. 2023 Mar 8;99(7):433–439. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2022-055696

Table 3.

Baseline characteristics associated with prevalent or incident GC, CT, or combined CT/GC infection

CT/GC CT GC
Univariate RR (95% CI) Multivariable RR (95%) Univariate RR (95% CI) Multivariable RR (95%) Univariate RR (95% CI) Multivariable RR (95%)
Baseline infection
Site
  Cape Town vs. Harare 2.10 (1.38, 3.18) 2.38 (1.35, 4.19)** 1.96 (1.26, 3.06) 2.41 (1.31, 4.43)** 2.76 (1.22, 6.22) 2.28 (0.88, 5.89)
  Johannesburg vs. Harare 1.46 (0.96, 2.26) 1.13 (0.67, 1.91) 1.52 (0.96, 2.40) 1.27 (0.73, 2.22) 0.68 (0.24, 1.98) 0.52 (0.15, 1.84)
Age (years) 0.86 (0.72, 1.02) 0.95 (0.79, 1.14)
Living arrangements
  Lives with partner vs. parents and/or siblings 0.54 (0.20, 1.44) 0.85 (0.44, 1.64) 0.84 (0.54, 1.34) 1.01 (0.51, 1.98)
  Lives with other vs. parents and/or siblings 0.68 (0.28, 1.66) 1.87 (1.13, 3.08)* 1.34 (0.90, 1.98) 1.93 (1.14, 3.27)*
Modified risk score 1.34 (0.96, 1.84) 1.25 (0.87, 1,79)
No. vaginal sex acts, past month 1.04 (1.00, 1.06) 1.03 (1.00, 1.06)*
Condom use at last sex 0.66 (0.46, 0.98) 0.67 (0.45, 0.99)* 0.68 (0.46, 1.02) 0.69 (0.46, 1.05)
Incident infection
Site
  Cape Town vs. Harare 1.60 (1.08, 2.36) 1.14 (0.70, 1.86) 1.50 (0.94, 2.42) 1.39 (0.78, 2.48) 2.20 (1.12, 4.34) 2.40 (1.18, 4.90)*
  Johannesburg vs. Harare 0.96 (0.62, 1.48) 0.56 (0.31, 1.00)* 1.22 (0.76, 1.98) 0.87 (0.48, 1.56) 0.14 (0.04, 0.64) 0.15 (0.33, 0.70)*
Age (years) 0.94 (0.86, 1.00) 1.01 (0.91, 1.11)
CES-D depression score 1.02 (1.00, 1.06) 1.02 (0.99, 1.05) 1.04 (1.02, 1.08) 1.05 (1.01, 1.09)** 1.00 (0.94, 1.06) 1.00 (0.95, 1.06)
Age difference of primary partner 0.94 (0.88, 1.00) 0.94 (0.88, 1.01) 0.94 (0.88, 1.02) 0.95 (0.88, 1.02)
Long-acting contraceptive use (baseline) § 1.42 (0.92, 2.18) 1.18 (0.69, 2.03)
Anal sex, past month
  Yes vs. No 1.18 (0.74, 1.90) 1.34 (0.76, 2.33)
  Prefer not to answer vs. No 0.70 (0.50, 0.98) 0.75 (0.49, 1.15)
CT/GC at baseline 1.66 (1.20, 2.32)** 1.66 (1.12, 2.45)*
CT at baseline 1.84 (1.26, 2.66) 2.01 (1.28, 3.15)**
Detectable TFV-DP 1.00 (0.73, 1.35) 0.78 (0.54, 1.13) 1.46 (0.86, 2.49)
TFV-DP ≥700fmol/punch 1.00 (0.63, 1.58) 0.76 (0.43, 1.34) 1.96 (0.98, 3.91) 2.04 (1.02, 4.08)*

CT: chlamydia; GC: gonorrhoea; RR: relative risk; CI: confidence intervals; TDF-DP: tenofovir diphosphate

Continuous variables

§

LARC includes injectables, implants and intrauterine devices.

based on DBS collected at month 6 and/or 12

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.005