Table 3 Acute STI diagnoses made at GUM clinic visit(s) between 1 May 2006 and 30 April 2007, by country of birth/origin: men
CEE countriesAll other countries (including UK/Ireland)
Denominator39015 101
% (95% CI) (n)% (95% CI) (n)p Value*Age-adjusted OR† (95% CI)p Value*
1+ Acute STI29.0% (24.5% to 33.8%) (113)27.2% (26.5% to 27.9%) (4108)0.4381.07 (0.85 to 1.33)0.578
HIV0.8% (0.2% to 2.2%) (3)0.8% (0.7% to 1.0%) (121)0.9441.09 (0.34 to 3.45)0.885
Gonorrhoea5.6% (3.6% to 8.4%) (22)3.9% (3.6% to 4.2%) (590)0.0831.47 (0.95 to 2.28)0.086
Chlamydia6.7% (4.4% to 9.6%) (26)6.6% (6.2% to 7.0%) (1002)0.9800.94 (0.63 to 1.41)0.759
Syphilis1.0% (0.3% to 2.6%) (4)0.4% (0.3% to 0.5%)(64)0.0762.98 (1.07 to 8.29)0.037
HSV (first attack)0.8% (0.2% to 2.2%) (3)1.5% (1.3% to 1.7%) (229)0.2300.53 (0.17 to 1.68)0.283
Genital warts (first attack)4.1% (2.4% to 6.6%) (16)4.5% (4.1% to 4.8%) (672)0.7420.88 (0.53 to 1.45)0.606
Trichomonas0.3% (<0.01% to 1.4%) (1)0.1% (<0.01% to 0.2%) (13)0.2693.66 (0.47 to 28.6)0.216
NG/NSU13.1% (9.9% to 16.8%) (51)12.5% (12.0% to 13.0%) (1885)0.7261.05 (0.78 to 1.41)0.771
NG/NSI1.5% (0.6% to 3.3%) (6)0.7% (0.5% to 0.8%) (101)0.0412.43 (1.06 to 5.60)0.036
  • *p Value for comparison between visits made by patients from central and eastern European (CEE) countries and patients from all other countries.

  • †Age-adjusted odds ratio (OR) for patients from CEE countries relative to patients from all other countries.

  • GUM, genitourinary medicine; HSV, herpes simplex virus; NG/NSI, complicated non-gonococcal/non-chlamydial infection; NG/NSU, non-gonococcal/non-specific urethritis; STI, sexually transmitted infection.