TABLE 3.
Prevalence and Odds Ratios for Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Extremely Obese (BMI ≥99th Percentile) and Healthy Weight (BMI 5th–84th Percentile) Male and Female US High School Students (YRBS 2007)
| Variable | Female |
Male |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely Obese (%) | Healthy Weight (%) | OR (95% CI) | Extremely Obese (%) | Healthy Weight (%) | OR (95% CI) | |
| Ever had sexual intercourse | 31.6 | 45.9 | 0.47 (0.26–0.85)a | 48.6 | 49.1 | 0.79 (0.56–1.11) |
| Had first sexual intercourse before age 13 | 7.3 | 3.0 | 2.08 (0.48–8.97) | 13.6 | 8.9 | 1.22 (0.76–1.97) |
| Had sexual intercourse with four or more persons during lifetime | 9.9 | 11.4 | 0.79 (0.43–1.45) | 20.0 | 16.9 | 1.06 (0.68–1.65) |
| Drank alcohol or used drugs before last sexual intercourse | 42.0 | 16.5 | 4.57 (1.18–17.61)a | 24.6 | 26.9 | 0.94 (0.42–2.07) |
| Did not use condom during last sexual encounter | 54.0 | 42.4 | 1.68 (0.42–6.70) | 35.5 | 29.9 | 1.37 (0.74–2.54) |
| Tested for HIV | 17.1 | 13.8 | 1.18 (0.28–4.91) | 12.7 | 10.6 | 1.10 (0.65–1.87) |
OR indicates odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
a
Significant odds ratio.