Clinical Study
Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in HIV-Infected Women: Need for Screening by a Sensitive and Specific Test
Table 2
Demographic profile of study participants.
| | | HIV seropositive cases
() | HIV seronegative controls
() |
| | Age | | | | 18–25 | 8 (13.3) | 23 (38.3) | | 26–35 | 39 (65) | 30 (50) | | 36–45 | 12 (20) | 6 (10) | | 45–49 | 1 (1.6) | 1 (1.6) | | Marital status | | | | Married | 48 (80) | 59 (98.3) | | Widowed | 10 (16.6) | 1 (1.67) | | Divorced | 2 (3.3) | 0 (0) | | No. of sexual partners | | | | 1 | 56 (93.3) | 59 (98.3) | | 2 | 3 (5) | 1 (1.7) | | 3 | 1 (1.7) | 0 | | Use of barrier contraception | | | | Yes | | | | Regular | 4 (6.7) | 6 (10) | | Infrequent | 8 (13.3) | 16 (26.7) | | No | 48 (80) | 38 (63.3) | | History of abortion | | | | Yes | 7 (11.6) | 4 (6.6) | | No | 53 (88.3) | 56 (93.3) |
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