Figure 1.
Patient selection criteria used in this study.
Table 1.
Bivariate analysis of the characteristics of the patients who achieved serological cure.
Table 2.
Multivariate analysis of the characteristics of patients who achieved serological cure.
Figure 2.
The proportion of the serological cure over time from 3 to 12 months.
* Over the first year after therapy, the serological cure rate increased over the first 6 months; for 6–12 months after treatment, the serological cure rate exhibited only a slight increase, and there were no significant differences in the serological cure rate from 6 to 12 months (X2 = 0.724, P = 0.868).
Figure 3.
The proportion of serological cure by baseline RPR titre.
* The proportion of the serological cure changed with changes in the baseline RPR titre. Overall, the patients with lower or higher baseline RPR titres were more likely to achieve a serological cure (X2 = 74.12, P < 0.001).
Table 3.
Comparison of the responses to therapy between early and late syphilis.