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Table 2 Primary analyses among the total population tested for Chlamydia trachomatis between January 2011 and July 2018 including determinants associated with repeat CT infections using patients repeatedly tested CT negative as the reference group

From: The characteristics of patients frequently tested and repeatedly infected with Chlamydia trachomatis in Southwest Limburg, the Netherlands

 

All individuals tested for CT

Repeatedly tested CT negative

Repeat CT infections

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

OR (95%CI)

Adj. OR (95%CI)

Overall % (n)

100 (17,616)

100 (3794)

100 (244)

  

Initial test location

 Mental healthcare

0.7 (124)

100 (29)

0.0 (0)

NA

NA

 STI clinic

45.5 (8007)

92.7 (1798)

7.3 (141)

1.37 (1.04–1.81)

1.02 (0.76–1.37)

 Hospital

14.2 (2506)

96.6 (425)

3.4 (15)

0.62 (0.35–1.08)

0.61 (0.34–1.10)

 General practitioner

39.6 (6979)

94.6 (1542)

5.4 (88)

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Sex

 Men

36.0 (6350)

93.4 (1265)

6.6 (89)

1.15 (0.88–1.50)

 

 Women

64.0 (11,266)

94.2 (2529)

5.8 (155)

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Age

  < 25 years

45.4 (7990)

92.2 (1480)

7.8 (126)

1.67 (1.29–2.16)

1.83 (1.38–2.43)

  ≥ 25 years

54.6 (9626)

95.1 (2314)

4.9 (118)

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Urbanization

 Rural

31.6 (5559)

93.3 (1140)

6.7 (82)

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 Urban

68.4 (12,051)

94.2 (2652)

5.8 (162)

0.84 (0.65–1.12)

 

HIV positive

 Not tested

44.9 (7911)

95.5 (1096)

4.5 (52)

0.69 (0.50–0.95)

0.77 (0.55–1.07)

 Yes

1.4 (246)

85.7 (72)

14.3 (12)

2.43 (1.30–4.56)

2.07 (1.02–4.22)

 No

53.7 (9459)

93.6 (2626)

6.4 (180)

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NG positive

 Not tested

5.6 (984)

97.7 (43)

2.3 (1)

0.41 (0.06–3.00)

0.53 (0.07–3.93)

 Yes

2.0 (344)

77.6 (128)

22.4 (38)

5.25 (3.56–7.74)

5.04 (3.33–7.63)

 No

92.5 (16,288)

94.6 (3623)

5.4 (205)

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  1. Statistically significant (p < 0.05) associations are depicted in bold
  2. Abbreviations: CT, Chlamydia trachomatis, NG, Neisseria gonorrhoeae; HIV, Human immunodeficiency virus; STI, sexually transmitted infection; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; Adj., adjusted