Summary of key demographics of the PID cases (n=169)
| Experience level of clinicians (number of clinicians) | Whole study (n=36) | All inexperienced (n=17) | All experienced (n=19) | Consultants (n=6) | All experienced versus all inexperienced | Consultants versus all inexperienced | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | p Value | OR (95% CI) | p Value | |||||
| Mean age (years) | 24.6 | 24.6 | 24.5 | 24.5 | ||||
| Aged under 25 years % (n) | 67.5 (114) | 61.8 (21) | 68.9 (93) | 72.3 (34) | 1.37 (0.63 to 3.00) | 0.43 | 1.62 (0.57 to 4.62) | 0.32 |
| Known recent CT contact % (n) | 5.9 (10) | 11.8 (4) | 4.4 (6) | 2.1 (1) | 0.35 (0.09 to 1.31) | 0.22* | 0.16 (0.02 to 1.53) | 0.16* |
| Known recent GC contact % (n) | 2.4 (4) | 0.0 (0) | 3.0 (4) | 2.1 (1) | Uncalculable | 0.58* | Uncalculable | 1.00* |
| Previous PID % (n) | 9.5 (16) | 11.8 (4) | 8.9 (12) | 10.6 (5) | 0.73 (0.22 to 2.43) | 0.74* | 0.89 (0.22 to 3.61) | 1.00* |
| Previous CT % (n) | 32.0 (54) | 32.4 (11) | 31.9 (43) | 40.4 (19) | 0.98 (0.44 to 2.19) | 1.00 | 1.42 (0.56 to 3.58) | 0.46 |
| Previous GC % (n) | 5.3 (9) | 5.9 (2) | 5.2 (7) | 8.5 (4) | 0.88 (0.17 to 4.42) | 1.00* | 1.53 (0.26 to 8.89) | 0.70* |
| Any previous STI % (n) | 43.8 (74) | 47.1 (16) | 43.0 (58) | 53.2 (25) | 0.85 (0.40 to 1.80) | 0.66 | 1.28 (0.53 to 3.10) | 0.58 |
p Values obtained using χ2 except those labelled * which were obtained using Fisher's Exact method.
CT, Chlamydia trachomatis; GC, gonococcal infection; PID, pelvic inflammatory disease; STI, sexually transmitted infection.