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Table 3.

Association between feeling unable to make decisions about HIV/STI-protected sex and sexual health behaviors related to increased HIV/STI risk and HIV/STI prevention among participants of the TASG study, Germany 2022

	Past 12-month sex under drug influence^b			Past 12-month condomless penetrative sex with multiple partners without PrEP use^c			PrEP use^d			Past 5-year use of HIV/STI counselling and testing services^e
	No	Yes		No	Yes		No	Yes		No	Yes
	n (%)^a	n (%)^a	PR (95% CI)	n (%)^a	n (%)^a	PR (95% CI)	n (%)^a	n (%)^a	PR (95% CI)	n (%)^a	n (%)^a	PR (95% CI)
HIV/STI-protected sex decision-making
Feeling able	1634 (90.6)	169 (9.4)	Ref.	1410 (91.4)	133 (8.6)	Ref.	1633 (98.1)	32 (1.9)	Ref.	1245 (70.2)	528 (29.8)	Ref.
Feeling unable	176 (72.4)	67 (27.6)	2.9 (2.3–3.7)	149 (82.8)	31 (17.2)	2.0 (1.4–2.9)	201 (98.5)	3 (1.5)	0.8 (0.2–2.5)	164 (70.4)	69 (29.6)	1.0 (0.8–1.2)

PR Prevalence ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence intervals, Ref Reference category

^aPercentages per row calculated above the total without missing values for HIV/STI-protected sex decision-making and each outcome variable

^bExcluding 1031 participants with missing values in either this variable or HIV/STI-protected sex decision-making;

^cExcluding 1337 participants with missing values in either this variable or HIV/STI-protected sex decision-making and 17 participants living with HIV;

^d1191 participants with missing values in either this variable or HIV/STI-protected sex decision-making and 17 participants living with HIV;

^eExcluding 1054 participants with missing values in either this variable or HIV/STI-protected sex decision-making and 17 participants living with HIV