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Objectives: The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and risk factors for positive repeat tests in a high-risk population presenting for early prenatal care. Methods: We completed a retrospective cohort study of 2,484 women who initiated prenatal care prior to 20 weeks gestation, delivered, and received testing for cervical C. trachomatis at Grady Memorial Hospital or a Grady-affiliated clinic between July 1, 1993 and December 31, 1994. We calculated adjusted odds ratios (OR) for selected risk factors for a positive initial test and for a positive subsequent test after an initial negative test. Results: The prevalence of C. trachomatis was 14.8%. At initial testing, 10.4% of the women were positive. If the initial test was negative, 5.7% had a positive subsequent test; but if the initial test was positive, 32.0% had a positive subsequent test (P<0.001). The variables significantly and independently associated with a positive initial test were black race/ethnicity, age less than 25, unmarried, and less than a high-school education (adjusted OR of 1.66, 3.53, 2.18, and 1.81, respectively). Variables significantly and independently associated

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Author

Alexander D. Allaire; John F. Huddleston; William L. Graves; Lawrence Nathan

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation; Hindawi Limited; New York; Carnforth: Parthenon Publishing; [New York N.Y.]: Wiley-Liss Inc.; London: Hindawi; Wiley (ISSN 1064-7449)

Published

1998

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)