Table 3. Association of partnership patterns with participant characteristics, overall and among males only.
| N (weighted* %)† | Weighted* odds ratios (whole population) | Weighted* odds ratios (males only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 or 1 partner | Multiple consecutive | Multiple concurrent | Multiple consecutive vs. 0 or 1 partner | Multiple concurrent vs. 0 or 1 partner | Multiple concurrent vs. multiple consecutive | Multiple consecutive vs. 0 or 1 partner | Multiple concurrent vs. 0 or 1 partner | Multiple concurrent vs. multiple consecutive | |
| Overall | 144 (86.5) | 16 (4.6) | 19 (8.9) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Female | 46 (92.5) | 1 (1.5) | 2 (6.0) | 1. | 1. | 1. | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Male | 98 (78.5) | 15 (8.8) | 17 (12.7) | 6.8 (5.1, 9.0) ‡ | 2.5 (2.1, 3.0) ‡ | 0.4 (0.3, 0.5) ‡ | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Age | |||||||||
| 18-24 years | 70 (85.1) | 7 (3.3) | 8 (11.6) | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. |
| 25-29 years | 44 (90.2) | 6 (7.8) | 3 (2.0) | 2.2 (1.7, 2.9) ‡ | 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) ‡ | 0.07 (0.05, 0.1) ‡ | 1.5 (1.1, 2.0) ‡ | 0.5 (0.3, 0.7) ‡ | 0.4(0.2, 0.5) ‡ |
| 30+ years | 30 (84.4) | 3 (3.4) | 8 (12.2) | 1.1 (0.8, 1.5) | 1.1 (0.9, 1.3) | 1.0 (0.7, 1.5) | 1.2 (0.9, 1.8) | 3.6 (2.8, 4.6) ‡ | 2.9 (2.0, 4.3) ‡ |
| Marital/cohabitation status | |||||||||
| Married/cohabiting | 87 (87.8) | 9 (3.3) | 12 (8.9) | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. |
| Unmarried and not cohabiting | 57 (83.3) | 7 (7.9) | 7 (8.8) | 2.5 (2.0, 3.2) ‡ | 1.0 (0.9, 1.3) | 0.4 (0.3, 0.5) ‡ | 0.7(0.5, 0.9) ‡ | 0.5(0.4, 0.6) ‡ | 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) |
| Travel in last 2 months | |||||||||
| No | 99 (88.1) | 8 (3.6) | 14 (8.3) | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. |
| Yes | 45 (82.7) | 7 (6.8) | 5 (10.5) | 2.0 (1.6, 2.6) ‡ | 1.4 (1.1, 1.6) ‡ | 0.7 (0.5, 0.9) ‡ | 1.3 (1.0, 1.7)‡ | 0.7 (0.5, 0.9)‡ | 0.5 (0.3, 0.7) ‡ |
| Transactional sex in last 2 months | |||||||||
| No | 101 (89.2) | 7 (3.3) | 7 (7.5) | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. |
| Yes | 42 (78.0) | 9 (8.7) | 12 (13.3) | 3.0 (2.4, 3.8) ‡ | 2.0 (1.7, 2.4) ‡ | 0.7 (0.5, 0.9) ‡ | 2.5 (1.9, 3.3) ‡ | 1.5 (1.2, 1.9) ‡ | 0.6 (0.4, 0.9) ‡ |
| HIV status | |||||||||
| HIV-negative | 102 (85.5) | 14 (8.0) | 11 (6.5) | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. |
| CHI | 31 (87.9) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (12.1) | N/A§ | 1.8 (1.5, 2.2) ‡ | N/A§ | N/A§ | 1.2 (1.0, 1.5) | N/A§ |
| Acute HIV | 11 (70.7) | 2 (11.7) | 3 (17.6) | 1.8 (0.5, 6.9) | 3.3 (1.0, 10.3) ‡ | 1.9 (0.4, 9.3) | 1.3 (0.3, 5.3) | 2.6 (0.8, 8.5) | 2.0 (0.4, 9.9) |
| Current GUD status | |||||||||
| No GUD | 104 (89.1) | 9 (3.4) | 9 (7.5) | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. |
| GUD | 40 (77.9) | 7 (8.8) | 10 (13.3) | 3.0 (2.4, 3.8) ‡ | 2.0 (1.7, 2.4) ‡ | 0.7 (0.5, 0.9) ‡ | 0.8 (0.6, 1.1) | 2.3 (1.9, 2.9) ‡ | 2.9 (2.0, 4.0) ‡ |
| Current discharge status (males) | |||||||||
| No urethral discharge | 53 (80.1) | 8 (7.8) | 9 (12.1) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1. | 1. | 1. |
| Urethral discharge | 45 (76.6) | 7 (10.0) | 8 (13.4) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1.3 (1.0, 1.7) ‡ | 1.2 (0.9, 1.5) | 0.9 (0.6, 1.2) |
*
Reported values are weighted by participants' inverse probabilities of selection into the study (see Methods)
†
Row percents
‡
Statistically significant at α=0.05
§
Estimates accounting for zero cells from weighted multinomial logistic regression are unavailable.
Note: Omitted from this table are 4 participants reporting ≥2 partners who did not have sufficient information to categorize their patterns as consecutive or concurrent.
CHI = chronic HIV infection, AHI = acute HIV infection, GUD = genital ulcer disease