Prevalence of plasmid-bearing and plasmid-free Chlamydia trachomatis infection among women who visited obstetrics and gynecology clinics in Malaysia

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BMC Microbiol. 2016; 16: 45.

Published online 2016 Mar 18. doi: 10.1186/s12866-016-0671-1

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Table 1

Patient demographics. Numbers (percentages) of patients with or without C. trachomatis infection; and patients infected with plasmid (−) or plasmid (+) variants. n=180. The P values for all variables were measured with Fisher’s exact test. For age, a t-test (^a) was used. n.s.: non-significant

Parameters	All patients (n=180)	No infection (n=88)	C. trachomatis infection (n=92)	P value	OR (95 % CI)	Plasmid (−) C. trachomatis (n=6)	Plasmid (+) C. trachomatis (n=86)	P value	OR (95 % CI)
Age (years)
Mean [IQR]	30.9 [27–35]	30.7 [27–34.25]	31.29 [27–35]	0.60 ^n.s. ^a		30.2 [26.75–32.25]	33.3 [27–35]	0.59 ^n.s. ^a
Maximum	45	44	45			36	45
Minimum	20	20	20			26	20
Marital status
Married	124 (68.8 %)	55 (44.4 %)	69 (55.6 %)	0.078 ^n.s.	1.800 (0.94–3.41)	3 (4.3 %)	66 (95.6 %)	0.16 ^n.s.	0.303 (0.056–1.62)
Single	12 (6.7 %)	6 (50 %)	6 (50 %)	1.00 ^n.s.	0.953 (0.29–3.07)	0 (0 %)	6 (100 %)	1.00 ^n.s.	0.952 (0.048–18.87)
Divorced	1 (0.5 %)	0 (0 %)	1 (100 %)	1.00 ^n.s.	2.902 (0.11–72.24)	0 (0 %)	1 (100 %)	1.00 ^n.s.	4.385 (0.16–118.8)
unknown	43 (23.8 %)	27 (62.7 %)	16 (37.3 %)	0.053 ^n.s.	0.475 (0.23–0.96)	3 (18.7 %)	13 (81.2 %)	0.60 ^n.s.	5.615 (1.02–3.09)
Ethnicity
Malay	123 (68.3 %)	64 (52.1 %)	59 (47.9 %)	0.26 ^n.s.	0.6705 (0.35–1.26)	4 (6.7 %)	55 (93.2 %)	1.00 ^n.s.	1.127 (0.19–6.51)
Indian	24 (13.3 %)	11 (45.9 %)	13 (54.1 %)	0.82 ^n.s.	1.152 (0.48–2.72)	1 (7.6 %)	12 (92.3 %)	1.00 ^n.s.	1.233 (0.13–11.50)
Chinese	23 (12.7 %)	10 (43.5 %)	13 (56.5 %)	0.65 ^n.s.	1.284 (0.53–3.10)	1 (7.6 %)	12 (92.3 %)	1.00 ^n.s.	1.233 (0.13–11.50)
Others	10 (5.5 %)	3 (30 %)	7 (70 %)	0.33 ^n.s.	2.333 (0.58 to 9.32)	0 (0.0 %)	7 (100.0 %)	1.00 ^n.s.	0.815 (0.13–11.50)