Table 4

 Associations of age, number of reported sexual partners and frequency of sexual practices in the preceding month with a diagnosis of rectal Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

C trachomatisN gonorrhoeae
n (%)OR (95% CI),p valueAdjusted OR (95% CI), p value*n (%)OR (95% CI),p valueAdjusted OR (95% CI), p value*
*Adjusted OR is adjusted for all other risk factors in this column.
Age (years)
p = 0.60p = 0.65p = 0.001p = 0.002
    18–298/165 (4.9)1119/165 (11.5)11
    30–3924/303 (7.9)1.69 (0.74 to 3.85)1.64 (0.66 to 4.06)22/303 (7.3)0.60 (0.32 to 1.15)0.57 (0.27 to 1.19)
    40–807/131 (5.3)1.11 (0.39 to 3.14)1.28 (0.42 to 3.88)3/131 (2.3)0.18 (0.05 to 0.62)0.18 (0.05 to 0.64)
Number of sexual partners in the previous month:
p = 0.41p = 0.87p = 0.06p = 0.27
    0–112/206 (5.8)119/206 (4.4)11
    2–514/238 (5.9)1.01 (0.46 to 2.24)1.27 (0.52 to 3.07)17/238 (7.1)1.68 (0.73 to 3.86)1.63 (0.66 to 4.02)
    >511/121 (9.1)1.62 (0.69 to 3.79)1.57 (0.59 to 4.16)15/121 (12.4)3.10 (1.31 to 7.32)3.37 (1.27 to 8.94)
Number of sexual practices in the previous month:
    Unprotected receptive anal intercourse
p = 0.003p = 0.03p = 0.002p = 0.12
    020/420 (4.8)1121/420 (5.0)11
    1–412/97 (12.4)2.82 (1.33 to 6.00)2.71 (1.24 to 5.94)14/97 (14.4)3.20 (1.57 to 6.56)2.67 (1.27 to 5.63)
    >44/43 (9.3)2.05 (0.67 to 6.30)1.87 (0.56 to 6.19)5/43 (11.6)2.50 (0.89 to 7.01)1.88 (0.56 to 6.28)
    Unprotected receptive oro-anal intercourse
p = 0.03p = 0.26p = 0.02p = 0.65
    08/237 (3.4)118/237 (3.4)11
    1–418/210 (8.6)2.68 (1.14 to 6.31)2.28 (0.90 to 5.76)21/210 (10.0)3.18 (1.38 to 7.34)2.21 (0.92 to 5.27)
    >410/109 (9.2)2.89 (1.11 to 7.54)2.40 (0.81 to 7.11)9/109 (8.3)2.58 (0.97 to 6.87)1.42 (0.48 to 4.19)