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Table 1 Demographic characteristics by diagnosis of gonorrhea (GC) or chlamydia (CT), or presence of any prior sexually transmitted infection (STI) by self-report

From: Extragenital chlamydia infection among active-duty women in the United States Navy

Item

Overall (n = 60)

Current GC/CTa

Prior STI

No (n = 54)

Yes (n = 6)

P-value

No (n = 41)

Yes (n = 19)

P-value

Age (Median, interquartile range)

23 (21,24)

23 (21,24)

20.5 (19,23)

0.022

22 (21,24)

23 (22,24)

0.063

Median years of military service (interquartile range)

2.7 (1.7,3.9)

2.8 (1.8,3.9)

1.6 (1.3,2.7)

0.171

2.6 (1.7,3.9)

2.82 (1.6,3.9)

0.799

Education (n (%))

   

0.738

  

0.901

 High school diploma or GED

26 (43.4)

22 (40.7)

4 (66.7)

 

18 (43.9)

7 (36.8)

 

 Some college or Associate degree

23 (38.3)

21 (38.9)

2 (33.3)

 

14 (34.2)

9 (47.4)

 

 Currently enrolled in college

3 (5.0)

3 (5.6)

0 (0)

 

2 (4.9)

1 (5.3)

 

 4-year college degree

8 (13.3)

8 (14.8)

0 (0)

 

6 (14.6)

2 (10.5)

 

Race/Ethnicity (n (%))

   

0.840

  

0.875

 White

20 (33.3)

17 (31.5)

3 (50.0)

 

15 (36.6)

5 (26.3)

 

 Black/African American

18 (31.0)

16 (29.6)

2 (33.3)

 

12 (29.3)

6 (31.6)

 

 Hispanic/Latino

13 (21.7)

12 (22.2)

1 (16.7)

 

8 (19.5)

5 (26.3)

 

 Asian/Pacific islander

9 (15.5)

9 (16.7)

0 (0)

 

6 (14.6)

3 (15.8)

 

Rank (n (%))

   

0.436

  

0.648

 Enlisted

55 (91.7)

49 (90.7)

6 (100)

 

38 (92.7)

17 (89.5)

 

 Officer

5 (8.3)

5 (9.3)

0 (0)

 

3 (7.3)

2 (10.5)

 

Current marital status (n (%))

   

0.825

  

0.182

 Never married

37 (61.7)

32 (59.3)

5 (83.3)

 

26 (63.5)

11 (57.9)

 

 Married/Life partner

17 (28.3)

16 (29.6)

1 (16.7)

 

13 (31.7)

4 (21.0)

 

 Married/Life partner (separated)

4 (6.7)

4 (7.4)

0 (0)

 

1 (2.4)

3 (15.8)

 

 Divorced

2 (3.3)

2 (3.7)

0 (0)

 

1 (2.4)

1 (5.3)

 

Victim of sexual assault, ever (n (%))

   

0.325

  

0.466

 No

35 (58.3)

31 (59.6)

4 (66.7)

 

22 (53.7)

13 (68.4)

 

 Yes

20 (33.3)

19 (36.5)

1 (16.7)

 

15 (36.6)

5 (26.3)

 

 Prefer not to answer

3 (5.0)

2 (3.9)

1 (16.7)

 

3 (7.3)

0 (0)

 

Time deployed (n (%))

   

0.663

  

0.400

 None

35 (58.3)

31 (57.4)

4 (66.7)

 

22 (53.7)

13 (68.4)

 

 1–2 times

25 (41.7)

23 (42.6)

2 (33.3)

 

19 (46.4)

6 (31.6)

 

Last deployed (n (%))

   

0.608

  

0.5812

 Within the past 12 months

6 (20.7)

6 (23.1)

0 (0)

 

5 (23.8)

1 (12.5)

 

 12 and 24 months ago

14 (48.3)

12 (46.1)

2 (66.7)

 

11 (42.4)

3 (37.5)

 

 24+ months ago

5 (17.2)

5 (19.2)

0 (0)

 

3 (14.3)

2 (25.0)

 

 Prefer not to answer

4 (13.8)

3 (11.5)

1 (33.3)

 

2 (9.5)

2 (25.0)

 
  1. Missing values are not included in the table. aAll infections were CT. GED General educational development. P-values derived from the Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables and the chi-squared or Fisher exact test with Monte Carlo estimation for categorical variables