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Table 1 Demographic and prior-drug use information of study participants

From: Antimicrobial use of patients with sexually transmitted infection symptoms prior to presentation at five health facilities in Southern Ghana

 

Total N(%)

Malea n(%)

Femalea n(%)

p-value

Age groupb

   

0.233

18–24 years

384(29.0)

138(26.2)

246(30.6)

 

25–31 years

553(41.7)

234(44.0)

319(39.7)

 

32–38 years

257(19.3)

98(18.6)

159(19.8)

 

39–45 years

96(7.2)

37(7.0)

59(7.3)

 

46 years and above

41(3.1)

20(3.8)

21(2.6)

 

Educational levelc

   

0.283

No education

50(3.8)

18(3.4)

32(4.0)

 

Primary/Junior High School

238(18.0)

85(16.1)

153(19.2)

 

Secondary and above

1038(78.3)

425(80.5)

613(76.8)

 

Antimicrobial use within 2 weeks

prior to clinic presentation

   

< 0.001

Yes

383(28.4)

201(37.6)

182(22.6)

 

No

966(71.6)

333(62.4)

623(77.4)

 
  1. aOut of a total of 1349 enrolees, 10 patients are missing data on sex
  2. b18 patients missing data on age
  3. c23 patients missing data on the educational level
  4. p-value was obtained via the chi-square test