Table 1

Sociodemographic and clinical data of LGV cases and control groups

Characteristic	Category	Cases (%)	Asymptomatic controls (%)	p Value	Symptomatic controls (%)	p Value
Number		90 (100)	74 (100)		69 (100)
Clinic-reported
Recruitment setting	GUM clinic	60 (67)	46 (62)	0.596*	50 (72)	0.412*
	HIV clinic	24 (27)	22 (30)		16 (23)
	other	6 (7)	6 (8)		3 (4)
Reason attended	Symptoms	72 (80)	3 (4)	<0.001*	61 (88)	0.491*
	Routine	12 (13)	55 (74)		2 (3)
	other	6 (7)	16 (22)		6 (9)
HIV status	HIV+	80 (89)	34 (46)	<0.001	48 (70)	0.003
Self-reported
Age at interview	Mean±SD	39 ±8	39 ± 10		38 ± 12
Age at interview	Median [IQR]	39 [34–44]	38 [33–34]	0.390†	38 [29–45]	0.281†
Ethnicity	White	78 (87)	62 (84)	0.604	55 (80)	0.243
Country of birth	UK	48 (54)	36 (49)	0.550	37 (54)	0.971
First language	English	61 (69)	45 (65)	0.468	48 (70)	0.927
Education	Degree	55 (61)	39 (53)	0.324	40 (58)	0.689
Occupation	Employed or student	76 (85)	65 (88)	0.650	55 (80)	0.348
Sexual identity	Gay	75 (83)	55 (74)	0.159	58 (84)	0.903
Relationship status	Single	43 (48)	40 (54)	0.424	39 (57)	0.275
Years since first:
Sex with male	Mean±SD	22 ± 8	21 ±10		22 ± 13
Sex with male	Median [IQR]	22 [17–29]	20 [14–26]	0.136†	21 [11.5–29]	0.375†
Anal sex with male	Mean±SD	20 ± 8	17 ±10		19 ± 12
Anal sex with male	Median[IQR]	19 [13–26]	16 [10–23]	0.032†	18 [9–26]	0.408†
Attended STI clinic	Mean±SD	14 ± 8	10 ±8		14 ± 12
Attended STI clinic	Median [IQR]	14 [9–21]	8.5 [5–13]	<0.001†	11 [4–20]	0.124†
STI history	HIV	80 (89)	34 (46)	<0.001	47 (68)	0.002
	Syphilis	46 (51)	16 (22)	<0.001	32 (46)	0.554
	Hepatitis C	17 (19)	6 (8)	0.069‡	6 (9)	0.110‡
	Herpes	31 (34)	15 (21)	0.046	25 (36)	0.815