Research Article
Molecular Antimicrobial Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a Moroccan Area
Table 2
Demographics and clinical characteristics of the studied population.
| Variable | | N | |
| Age group (years), n=148 | ≤42 | 65 | 43.9 | >42 | 83 | 56.1 |
| Education level, n=148 | Illiterate | 91 | 61.5 | Primary school | 24 | 16.2 | Secondary school | 17 | 11.5 | College | 16 | 10.8 |
| Family status, n=147 | Married | 135 | 91.8 | Divorced/Widowed | 12 | 8.2 |
| Number of pregnancies, n=145 | ≤3 | 90 | 62.1 | >3 | 55 | 37.9 |
| Parity, n=145 | ≤3 | 100 | 69.0 | >3 | 45 | 31.0 |
| History of miscarriages, n=144 | No | 103 | 71.5 | Yes | 41 | 28.5 |
| Menopause, n=145 | No | 91 | 62.8 | Yes | 54 | 37.2 |
| History of lesions, n=145 | No | 113 | 77.9 | Yes | 32 | 22.1 |
| Sampling department, n=149 | Gynecology department | 59 | 39.6 | Laboratory of Anatomopathology | 90 | 60.4 |
| Number of lifetime sexual partners, n = 145 | 1 | 137 | 94.5 | ≥2 | 8 | 5.5 |
| Passive smoking, n = 144 | No | 109 | 75.7 | Yes | 35 | 24.3 |
| Oral contraception, n = 146 | No | 103 | 70.5 | Yes | 43 | 29.5 |
| Age at 1st sexual intercourse (years), n = 147 | ≤21 | 98 | 66.7 | >21 | 49 | 33.3 |
| Prenatal consultation | No | 122 | 81.9 | Yes | 27 | 18.1 |
| Genital symptoms | No | 102 | 68.5 | Yes | 47 | 31.5 |
| Infertility | No | 142 | 95.3 | Yes | 7 | 4.7 |
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