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Table 1 Characteristics of participants by PID status among Indigenous women in Far North Queensland during 1998-2005

From: Smoking, poor nutrition, and sexually transmitted infections associated with pelvic inflammatory disease in remote North Queensland Indigenous communities, 1998-2005

 

No PID N = 1398

Yes N = 47

Overall N = 1445

 

Mean or % (95% CI)

Mean or % (95% CI)

Mean or % (95%CI)

Mean age (years)*

37.6 (36.8-38.5)

28.9 (25.8-32.0)

37.4 (36.6-38.2)

Age groups %

   

15-24

91.6 (87.3-94.6)

8.4 (5.4-12.7)

24.3 (22.1-26.6)

25-34

93.8 (89.9-96.2)

6.2 (3.8-10.1)

25.5 (23.4-27.9)

35-54

96.6 (93.8-98.2)

3.4 (1.8-6.2)

34.0 (31.6-36.5)

> = 55

98.7 (94.8-99.7)

1.3 (0.3-5.2)

16.2 (14.4-18.2)

Aboriginal %

60.7 (58.1-63.2)

68.1 (54.6-81.6)

60.9 (58.4-63.4)

Height (cm)

161.0 (160.6-161.3)

159.9 (158.1-161.7)

160.9 (160.6-161.2)

Weight (KG)*

74.4 (73.3-75.5)

66.7 (59.8-73.7)

74.2 (73.1-75.2)

WC (cm)*

96.6 (95.7-97.6)

88.9 (83.7-94.0)

96.4 (95.5-97.3)

BMI (Kg/m 2 )*

28.7 (28.2-29.1)

25.9 (23.5-28.3)

28.6 (28.2-29.0)

BMI categories %

   

<18.5

9.2 (7.5-11.3)

17.0 (8.7-30.7)

8.7 (7.4-10.3)

18.5-24.9

26.1 (23.3-29.1)

34.0 (21.9-48.7)

26.7 (24.5-29.1)

> = 25

64.7 (61.5-67.8)

48.9 (34.9-63.1)

64.6 (62.0-67.0)

Systolic BP (mmHg)*

127.1 (125.9-128.2)

118.4 (115.1-121.8)

126.8 (125.7-127.9)

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

68.8 (68.1-69.5)

67.5 (64.4-70.6)

68.8 (68.1-69.4)

Hypertension %*

30.6 (27.6-33.7)

6.4 (2.0-18.2)

28.8 (26.5-31.2)

Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)*

4.78 (4.73-4.83)

4.39 (4.04-4.73)

4.8 (4.7-4.9)

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.58 (1.52-1.64)

1.52 (1.20-1.84)

1.58 (1.52-1.64)

LDL (mmol/L)*

2.93 (2.89-2.98)

2.59 (2.33-2.84)

2.9 (2.87-3.0)

HDL (mmol/L)

1.14 (1.13-1.16)

1.12 (1.03-1.20)

1.14 (1.12-1.16)

Hyperlipidemia %

0.7 (0.2-1.4)

0

0.5 (0.2-1.0)

Blood glucose (g/L)

5.8 (5.6-5.9)

5.3 (4.5-6.0)

5.8 (5.6-5.9)

Diabetes %

17.3 (14.9-19.9)

12.8 (5.8-25.8)

15.8 (14.1-17.8)

RCF (nmol/L)*

436.5 (427.1-445.9)

360.6 (319.4-401.8)

434.0 (424.8-443.2)

RCF quintile*

   

1st IQR 562-716

25.2 (22.4-28.2)

8.7 (3.3-21.2)

25.0 (22.8-27.4)

2nd IQR 437-490

25.6 (22.7-28.6)

19.6 (10.4-33.7)

25.0 (22.8-27.4)

3rd IQR 340-392

23.3 (20.6-26.3)

34.8 (22.4-49.6)

25.0 (22.8-27.4)

4th IQR 208-286

25.9 (23.1-29.0)

37.0 (24.2-51.8)

25.0 (22.8-27.4)

Smoking %*

51.6 (49.0-54.2)

80.9 (69.5-92.2)

52.5 (50.0-55.1)

Median number of cigarettes (IQR)

12 (5–20)

10 (5–15)

12 (5–20)

Drinking %

58.6 (56.0-61.2)

70.2 (57.0-83.4)

59.0 (56.4-61.6)

PA enough %

20.7 (18.5-22.8)

17.0 (6.1-27.9)

20.6 (18.5-22.6)

Fruit > =2 and/or vegetable > =5 serves/day %

1.6 (1.0-2.3)

0

1.6 (0.9-2.2)

Chlamydia %

9.1 (7.6-10.6)

14.9 (4.6-25.2)

9.3 (7.8-10.8)

Gonorrhea %*

2.4 (1.6-3.2)

8.5 (0.4-16.6)

2.6 (1.7-3.4)

Chlamydia/gonorrhea %*

9.9 (7.9-11.9)

21.3 (9.4-33.1)

10.5 (8.8-12.0)

  1. *P < 0.05 using t-test or chi-square test; RCF quartile IQR: the interquartile range of red cell folate.
  2. *Hypertension defined as SBP > =140 and/or DBP > =90 mmHg; Hyperlipidemia defined as cholesterol > 5.5 or triglycerides > 2.0 or HDL > 2.0 mmol/L; Diabetes was defined as either clinical diagnosis verified by the participants’ medical records or a 2 hour glucose tolerance test, or fasting blood glucose level > 7.0 mmol/L.
  3. *Physical activity enough defined as meeting the WHO recommendation of more than 30 min per day doing moderate to vigorous physical activity for 5 days in the week prior to the survey [19].
  4. *Chlamydia and gonorrhea detected using PCR for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhea on all urine specimens.
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