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Factors associated with seropositivity were male gender (aOR 0.4, 95% CI 0.3 to 0.7), a self-reported history of CT infection (aOR 5.1, 95% CI 2.6 to 10.0), age 25\u201339\u2005years (aOR 1.7, 95% CI 1.1 to 2.7), non-Western ethnicity (aOR 2.2, 95% CI 1.4 to 3.3) and \u22652 recent sexual partners (aOR 2.2, 95% CI 1.3 to 3.5).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Between 1996 and 2007 the proportion of individuals in the general population with CT IgG antibodies was lower among women aged 25\u201339\u2005years, but remained similar among younger women and men.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/sextrans-2013-051074","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,3,1]],"date-time":"2014-03-01T03:48:04Z","timestamp":1393645684000},"page":"434-440","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["<i>Chlamydia trachomatis<\/i>IgG seroprevalence in the general population of the Netherlands in 1996 and in 2007: differential changes by gender and age"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"90","author":[{"given":"F","family":"van Aar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M","family":"de Moraes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"S A","family":"Morr\u00e9","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"J E A M","family":"van Bergen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"F R M","family":"van der Klis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"J A","family":"Land","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M A B","family":"van der Sande","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"I V F","family":"van den Broek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,2,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"2024051410104946000_90.5.434.1","unstructured":"Soetens LC Koedijk FDH van der Broek IVF . 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