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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Sex Behav. 2008 Jan 10;38(4):583–590. doi: 10.1007/s10508-007-9292-y

Table 3.

Logistic Regression to Examine Factors Associated with Participation in Sexual Marathons in a Sample of HIV-Positive, Methamphetamine-Using MSM (N = 341)

95% C.I.d

Variable Ba SEb Wald p ORc Lower Upper
Use methamphetamine
to “get pumped up” for
sex
.76 .65 1.4 ns 2.1 .60 7.7
Use methamphetamine
to meet sex partners
.16 .62 .07 ns 1.2 .35 3.9
Use methamphetamine
to enhance sexual
pleasure
.84 .61 1.9 ns 2.3 .70 7.6
Number of illicit drugs
used in the past 2
months
−.11 .14 .60 ns .90 .68 1.2
Used amyl nitrates
(i.e., poppers) in the
past 2 months
.34 .57 .42 ns 1.4 .50 3.9
Used sildenafil (Viagra®)
in the past 2 months
1.8 .79 5.5 .01 6.3 1.3 29.3
Sexual compulsivity .54 .34 2.6 ns 1.7 .89 3.3
Constant 0.66 .73 .81 ns .52
a

Unstandardized regression coefficient.

b

Standard Error.

c

Odds Ratio.

d

Confidence Interval.