Condom Use and the Risk of Recurrent Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Chronic Pelvic Pain, or Infertility Following an Episode of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Roberta B. Ness, MD, MPH,
Hugh Randall, MD,
Holly E. Richter, PhD, MD,
Jeffrey F. Peipert, MD, MPH,
Andrea Montagno, RN,
David E. Soper, MD,
Richard L. Sweet, MD,
Deborah B. Nelson, PhD,
Diane Schubeck, MD,
Susan L. Hendrix, DO,
Debra C. Bass, MS and
Kevin E. Kip, PhD for the Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Evaluation and Clinical Health Study Investigators
Roberta B. Ness, Richard L. Sweet, Debra C. Bass, and Kevin E. Kip are with the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. Hugh Randall is with Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. Holley E. Richter and Richard L. Sweet are with the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham. Jeffrey F. Peipert and Andrea Montagno are with Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI. David E. Soper is with the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. Deborah B. Nelson is with the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Diane Schubeck is with MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio. Susan L. Hendrix is with Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich.

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FIGURE 1 Adjusted relative risks for each condition, by percentage of interviews at which condom use was reported.
Note. P values are for trend.
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