Table 1

Comparison of healthcare attendance one or more times by number of sexual partners during 12 months of follow-up in 1865 sexually active young women

Healthcare centre attendedOverallNumber of partners over 12 monthsMann–Whitney test p value for number of partners
0–12–34+
n=1865n=1172n=499n=194
General practice14759273951530.97
79%79%79%79%
Family planning clinic385235102480.28
21%20%20%25%
Genitourinary medicine clinic2581188258<0.0001
14%10%16%30%
Accident and emergency/walk-in clinic432245130570.0017
23%21%26%29%
None21113960120.16
11%12%12%6%
  • Statistically significant results (p<0.05) are shown in bold.