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Published in final edited form as: Community Ment Health J. 2009 Jun 20;46(1):56. doi: 10.1007/s10597-009-9209-4

Table 2. Relationship between HIV sexual risk and protective behaviors and stigma (n=98).

Behaviors	Stigma Domains

	Personal Experiences		Attractiveness		Relationship

	AOR^a	95% CI	AOR^a	95% CI	AOR^a	95% CI
Risk Behaviors
Sexually active	1.14	0.19-6.95	0.63	0.26-1.55	3.65	1.42-9.36^**
Unprotected sex	0.93	0.17-5.10	0.98	0.43-2.22	2.55	1.11-5.87^*
Multiple partners	0.29	0.01-6.23	1.31	0.38-4.53	0.91	0.25-3.29
Alcohol or drug use before sex	0.66	0.08-5.86	1.63	0.58-4.55	1.30	0.47-3.60
Any sex exchange	1.89	0.57-62.45	3.21	0.73-14.12	0.90	0.16-5.20
Protective Behaviors
Fewer sex occasions	2.40	0.50-11.56	0.98	0.45-2.13	1.18	0.54-2.58
Had fewer partners	4.76	0.36-62.25	1.68	0.50-5.66	0.25	0.07-0.91^*
Specific attempts to use more condoms	0.56	0.11-2.91	0.84	0.36-1.96	0.94	0.43-2.05

Adjusted for gender, age, BPRS score, comorbid substance use disorder, and remaining stigma domains

p<0.05

^**

p<0.01

AOR=Adjusted Odds Ratio CI=Confidence interval