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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2009 Jun;36(6):387–394. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318198d90c

Table 4.

The likelihood of engaging in unsafe behaviors (yes, probably yes) given an effective microbicide among potential microbicide users with baseline ‘safe’ behaviors.

Baseline safe
behaviors among
potential
microbicide
users.
Behavior Change
Reported if
Effective
Microbicides
were available
Group N (%) p AOR 95% CI
Uses Condoms*
(N = 181)
Would not use
condoms
(N = 69)
AHs 35 (49.3) REF
LAHs 27 (34.2) 0.06 0.53 0.28, 1.03
AAs 7 (22.6) 0.01 0.30 0.12, 0.79
No One Night
Stands in the last
3 months
(N = 370)
Would have a
One Night Stand
(N = 45)
AHs 28 (18.4) REF
LAHs 15 (9.9) 0.04 0.49 0.25, 0.95
AAs 2 (3.0) 0.01 0.14 0.03, 0.60
Only one sexual
partner in the last
3 mos.
(N = 333)
Would have
Multiple sexual
Partners
(N = 33)
AHs 18 (13.2) REF
LAHs 10 (7.5) 0.12 0.53 0.23, 1.20
AAs 5 (8.3) 0.33 0.60 0.21, 1.69
Has not had sex
within 7 days of
meeting a male
partner
(n = 287)
Would have sex
with a man before
she got to know
him
(N = 26)
AHs 19 (15.4) REF
LAHs 6 (5.4) 0.02 0.31 0.12, 0.81
AAs 1 (1.9) 0.03 0.11 0.01, 0.82
*

Condom use reported as “Always use them” or “Using them now but did not use at the beginning of this relationship”.