Characteristics of 3314 sexually active adolescent females testing by LCR in Turin, Italy
| Chlamydia trachomatis | ||
|---|---|---|
| CT+ | CT− | |
| Number | 112 (3.5%) | 3202 (96.5%) |
| Median age | 22.12 | 22.49 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Non-communitarian | 26 (9.56%) | 272 (90.44%) |
| Communitarian | 85 (2.9%) | 2924 (97.1%) |
| Unknown | 1 (16.67%) | 6 (83.33%) |
| Education | ||
| None | 2 (11.76%) | 17 (88.24%) |
| Primary school | 5 (8.47%) | 59 (91.53%) |
| Secondary school | 59 (4.83%) | 1222 (95.17%) |
| High school | 45 (2.48%) | 1814 (97.52%) |
| University | 0 (0%) | 49 (100%) |
| Unknown | 1 (2.44%) | 41 (97.56%) |
| Age of first sexual intercourse | ||
| ≤15 | 24 (5.53%) | 434 (94.47%) |
| 16–17 | 34 (3.48%) | 977 (96.52%) |
| 18–25 | 41 (2.55%) | 1609 (97.45%) |
| Contraception | ||
| None | 48 (3.43%) | 1401 (96.57%) |
| E-P pill | 34 (3.27%) | 1039 (96.73%) |
| Condoms | ||
| Always | 14 (3.12%) | 449 (96.88%) |
| Sometimes | 8 (5.52%) | 145 (94.48%) |
| Others | 4 (3.96%) | 101 (96.04%) |
| IUD | 0 (0%) | 14 (100%) |
| Unknown | 4 (7.55%) | 53 (92.45) |