Table 2 Associations between persistence of clusters and individual demographic factors, size of cluster, and phenotypic antimicrobial resistance

From: Longitudinal genomic analysis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae transmission dynamics in Australia

Characteristic

Adjusted Odds ratio

95% Confidence Interval

P-value

n/N

%

Sex

 Male

Reference

-

-

1760/2805

62.7

 Female

2.910

1.21–7.00

0.017

284/367

77.4

 Other

0.749

0.189–2.97

0.681

17/30

56.7

 Unknown

0.111

0.00289–4.290

0.239

1/6

16.7

Age

 16–19 years

Reference

-

-

69/100

69.0

 20–29 years

0.682

0.316–1.470

0.328

816/1270

64.3

 30–39 years

0.616

0.318–1.190

0.151

695/1087

63.9

 40–49 years

0.483

0.197–1.190

0.113

319/493

64.7

 50 years and older

0.458

0.171–1.230

0.121

163/258

63.2

Size

 Size

1.020

1.000–1.030

0.030*

-

-

Phenotype

Penicillin

  Susceptible/less susceptible

2.71

0.249–29.500

0.413

1743/2371

73.5

  Resistant

Reference

-

-

319/837

38.1

Tetracycline

  Susceptible/intermediate

1.800

0.292–11.100

0.525

1190/1411

84.3

  Resistant

Reference

-

-

872/1797

48.5

Ciprofloxacin

  Susceptible/less susceptible

2.620

0.320–21.200

0.368

1838/2409

76.3

  Resistant

Reference

-

-

224/799

28.0

Ceftriaxone

  Susceptible

0.130

0.016–1.060

0.057

2050/3195

64.2

  Decreased susceptibility

Reference

-

-

12/13

92.3

Azithromycin

  Susceptible

126

12.900–1238

0.0000326 *

2052/2991

68.6

  Resistant

Reference

-

-

10/217

4.6

  1. Coefficients with p-values < 0.05 are noted with * as calculated using a two sided likelihood ratio test. n/N refers to the number of persistent isolates in each subcategory out of the total isolates in the subcategory. % is n/N expressed as a percentage. For AMR phenotype, isolates were grouped binarily as either resistant or not resistant except for ceftriaxone where there were no resistant isolates.