Obstetrics & Gynecology Science

Original Article: Korean J Obstet Gynecol. 2007;50(12):1739-1746. Published online December 1, 2007.; Prevalence and risk factors of chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhea among Korean women.; Joo Hyuk Choi, In Cheal Jeung, Yong Gyu Pak, Dong Choon Park; ¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saint Vincent Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea. dcpark@catholic.ac.kr
²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saint Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea.
³Department of Biostatistics, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea.

Abstract: OBJECTIVE
Through a large sample group, the prevalence and risk factors of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea infection in low risk Korean women were examined. METHODS: Among patients visited the department of obstetrics and gynecology of the secondary and tertiary hospital between September 2005 to January 2006, 2,410 women older than 18 years were selected as the determination sample recruitment method. In addition to their disease history and parity, the living standard, a vaginal specimen, it was examined by a polymerase chain reaction test method. Statistical analysis was performed with Chi-square and Fisher's test were used. RESULTS: Chlamydia infection was found to be closely associated with age (P=0.0485), the marital status (P=0.0086), smoking (P=0.0148), and drinking (P=0.0077), and additionally, the number of sex partners (P=<0.0001). Gonorrhea infection showed a significant difference according to the past history of venereal diseases (P=0.036), and a higher incidence was shown in the group with the past history of venereal diseases. The incidence of the simultaneous infection of Chlamydia and gonorrhea showed a significantly higher incidence in the cases with the past history of venereal diseases (P=0.0454), and a higher frequency of sexual intercourse (P=0.0306) and a larger number of sex partners (P=0.0009). CONCLUSION: It is thought that the urgent improvement of the lack of knowledge on Chlamydia and the early management considering the fact that the age of sexual contact is decreasing gradually are required, and based on the selected high risk factors, not only treatments in a wide range but also its prevention should be carried out simultaneously.

Keywords :Chlamydia incidence;Gonorrhea incidence