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. 2002 Feb;92(2):203–210. doi: 10.2105/ajph.92.2.203

TABLE 3.

—Logistic Regression Adjusted Odds Ratios for AIDS Risks Among Study Participants: Massachusetts, 1995–1999

4 or More Sexual Partners (n = 2877), OR (95% CI) Condom Use at Most Recent Intercoursea (n = 2426),OR (95% CI) Ever Diagnosed With STDb (n = 1218), OR (95% CI) Any Lifetime Injection Drug Use (n = 3154), OR (95% CI)
Ethnicity (vs White)
    Black 4.35* (3.03, 6.26) 1.63* (1.12, 2.36) 2.12 (0.54, 8.28) 0.67 (0.28, 1.62)
    Hispanic 2.07* (1.51, 2.84) 1.17 (0.84, 1.62) 2.00 (0.88, 4.54) 0.65 (0.32, 1.31)
    Asian 1.07 (0.67, 1.69) 0.84 (0.54, 1.32) 1.32 (0.44, 3.93) 1.05 (0.56, 1.95)
    Other/mixed ethnicity 1.66* (1.16, 2.37) 1.17 (0.79, 1.72) 2.38 (0.55, 10.37) 1.12 (0.49, 2.55)
School community (vs urban)
    Suburban 0.67* (0.47, 0.87) 1.09 (0.88, 1.33) 0.81 (0.37, 1.78) 1.33 (0.87, 2.07)
    Rural 0.64* (0.52, 0.85) 0.80 ( 0.60, 1.07) 0.55 (0.19, 1.54) 1.25 (0.72, 2.17)
Age (increase/decrease per year) 1.13* (1.04, 1.22) 0.87* (0.81, 0.95) 0.94 (0.73, 1.21) 0.70* (0.62, 0.81)
Any school AIDS education 0.48* (0.36, 0.66) 1.53* (1.11, 2.09) 0.52 (0.19, 1.41) 0.18* (0.12, 0.28)
Any school condom instruction . . . 1.34* (1.09, 1.65) 0.93 (0.39, 2.24) . . .
Any sexual contact against will 2.44* (1.71, 3.48) 0.62* (0.44, 0.87) 7.04* (3.01, 16.48) 5.86* (3.92, 8.76)
Sexual partner(s) (vs female only)
    Male only 0.51 (0.24, 1.09) 0.91 (0.56, 1.48) 1.07 (0.22, 5.11) 0.57 (0.24, 1.35)
    Both male and female 2.92* (1.58, 5.39) 0.36* (0.18, 0.72) 5.40* (1.80, 16.16) 3.12* (1.66, 5.88)

Note. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; STD = sexually transmitted disease.

aAmong those who had ever had “sexual intercourse.”

b1999 only.

*P < .05.