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

 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

 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)

 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)