Table 2

Spearman’s rank correlation of risk factors for oropharyngeal gonorrhoea as independent continuous variables

Nr of RSPNr of CSPKissing CSPRimming CSPFellatio CSP
Nr of RSP1
Nr of CSPrs=−0.22
P<0.001
1
Kissing CSPrs=−0.22
P<0.001
rs=0.91
P<0.001
1
Rimming CSPrs=−0.10
P=0.03
rs=0.61
P<0.001
rs=0.64
P<0.001
1
Fellatio CSPrs=−0.16
P<0.001
rs=0.88
P<0.001
rs=0.87
P<0.001
rs=0.65
P<0.001
1
  • CSP, casual sex partner; fellatio CSP, number of CSP for receptive oro-penile sex (with or without ejaculation); kissing CSP, number of CSP for tongue kissing; Nr, number; rimming CSP, number of CSP for insertive oro-anal sex; RSP, regular sex partner; rs, Spearman ’s rank coefficient.