Table 6. Correlates to men's STI risk perception.
| Low risk | High risk | Adjusted OR | p-value* | |
| n (%) | n (%) | (95% CI) | ||
| Covariate | High risk | |||
| Sexual contacts | 0.0012 | |||
| Heterosexual | 1223 (89.9) | 137 (10.1) | 1.0 | |
| Bisexual | 32 (69.6) | 14 (30.4) | 3.84 (1.77–8.30) | |
| Homosexual | 20 (69.0) | 9 (31.0) | 2.33 (0.83–6.40) | |
| Anal sex ever | 0.0016 | |||
| Yes | 478 (84.3) | 89 (15.7) | 1.99 (1.29.3.06) | |
| No | 736 (92.2) | 62 (7.8) | 1.0 | |
| Relationship status | 0.0127 | |||
| Married/in relationship | 832 (93.9) | 54 (6.0) | 0.54 (0.33–0.87) | |
| Single | 440 (80.7) | 105 (19.3) | 1.0 | |
| Nr temp sex partners past yr | <.0001 | |||
| Zero | 821 (96.7) | 28 (3.3) | 0.27 (0.14–0.51) | |
| One | 151 (84.8) | 27 (15.2) | 1.0 | |
| 2 to 4 | 165 (79.3) | 43 (20.7) | 1.55 (0.88–2.74) | |
| 5 to 9 | 47 (63.5) | 27 (36.5) | 2.79 (1.43–5.44) | |
| 10 to 14 | 10 (55.6) | 8 (44.4) | 3.41 (1.13–10.23) |
Descriptive statistics and mutually adjusted binomial, multivariable regression model. Model adjusted for all variables presented in the table. Probability modeled low STI risk.
Low risk is defined as responses no or low risk for contracting STIs and high risk defined as responses rather high or high risk for contracting STIs.
*Based on likelihood ratio test.