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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2010 Mar;42(1):43–48. doi: 10.1363/4204310

Table 2. Intrapersonal, Relationship, and STI-Related Influences on the Risk of Ending Different Length Abstinent Periods.

Hazard Ratioa (Confidence Interval)

Factors Shorter Periods Intermediate Periods Longer Periods
Age 1.07 *** (1.05-1.09) 1.08 * (1.01-1.15) 1.24 * (1.05-1.45)
Daily Positive Mood 1.03 *** (1.02-1.04) 1.02 (0.99-1.05) 0.99 (0.92-1.07)
Daily Negative Mood 0.98 *** (0.97-0.99) 0.95 ** (0.92-0.99) 1.03 (0.93-1.13)
Daily Sexual Interest 1.14 *** (1.11-1.17) 1.16 *** (1.07-1.25) 1.33 * (1.07-1.67)
Daily Partner Support 1.14 *** (1.12-1.17) 1.12 *** (1.05-1.18) 1.14 (0.96-1.34)
Quarterly Relationship Quality 1.02 *** (1.01-1.03) 1.05 ** (1.02-1.08) 1.10 * (1.01-1.19)
Quarterly Recent STI 0.91 * (0.83-1.00) 1.40 * (1.06-1.85) 0.93 (0.43-2.00)
Quarterly Distant STI 1.16 * (1.03-1.29) 1.18 (0.90-1.54) 1.30 (0.67-2.52)
***

p<.001,

**

p<.01,

*

p<.05

a

Hazard Ratios were determined from univariate frailty models. Each hazard ratio is from a different model.