Screening for asymptomatic chlamydia and gonorrhea in adolescent males in an urban pediatric emergency department

Table 1 Participant characteristics

Characteristic	n (%)
Chief complaint
Minor trauma	129 (48)
Acute illness	100 (35)
Other	40 (14)
Age
16-18	208 (73)
19-21	62 (22)
Ethnicity
Black	230 (81)
Latino	21 (7)
Asian/Indian	5 (2)
White	3 (1)
Other	11 (4)
Sexual activity	202 (71)
Sex with men	5 (2)
Previous STI test	131 (46)
Previous STI	17 (6)
Regular PMD	201 (7)

STI: Sexually transmitted infection.

Table 2 Results and significant associations with patient characteristics

	Chlamydia positive n = 17, n (%)	Chlamydia negative n = 271, n (%)	P values Fisher’s exact test
Chief complaint			0.514
Minor trauma	9 (53)	120 (44)
Acute Illness	5 (29)	90 (35)
Other	3 (15)	37 (14)
Age
16-18	12 (71)	208 (77)	0.346
19-21	5 (29)	57 (21)
Ethnicity
Black	16 (94)	230 (85)	1.00
Latino	1 (6)	20 (7)
Sexual activity (y)	17 (100)	172 (68)	0.008+
Sex with men (y)	0 (0)	5 (2)	1.00
Previous STI test (y)	11 (65)	114 (42)	0.467
Previous STI (y)	3 (18)	14 (5)	0.099
Regular PMD (y)	9 (53)	192 (70)	0.044+

STI: Sexually transmitted infection.

Table 3 Differences in rates of sexual activity by age

Sexual activity	n (%)
16-18	148 (71)
19-21	54 (87)

Sixteen percent of difference in sexual activity rates between 16-18 and 19-21 years old age groups (95%CI: 10%-25%), P = 0.012.