Table 5.

Factors associated with HIV and other STIs among venue-based MBs (N = 418)

Dependent variable	Factors	Positive (n)	Total N	n/N (%)	Unadjusted		Multiple logistic regressiona
					OR (95% CI)	P-value	OR (95% CI)	P-value
HIV-positive	Gender of sexual partners in the past 6 months
	Both male and female	2	233	0.9	1.00	–	1.00	–
	Male only	12	185	6.5	8.01 (1.77, 36.26)	0.007	14.32 (1.83, 112.22)	0.011
	Minority
	No	11	358	3.1	1.00	–	1.00	–
	Yes	1	12	8.3	2.87(0.34, 24.21)	0.333	2.71(0.30, 24.55)	0.375
	Self-identified sexual orientation
	Homosexual	10	134	7.5	1.00	–
	Heterosexual	0	106	0.0	–	–
	Bisexual	3	140	2.1	0.53(0.15, 1.94)	0.338
	Uncertain	1	38	2.6	0.76(0.10, 6.00)	0.797
	Venue type
	Gay bar	2	122	1.6	1.00	–
	Dorm	10	246	4.1	2.54(0.55, 11.79)	0.233
	Massage parlor	2	50	4.0	2.50(0.34, 18.26)	0.366
Positive for HIV or any STI	Age				1.08 (1.02, 1.13)	0.008	1.11 (1.04, 1.19)	0.003
	Minority
	No	72	358	20.1	1.00	–	1.00	–
	Yes	6	12	50.0	3.97 (1.24, 12.68)	0.020	4.82 (1.46, 15.88)	0.010
	Age at sexual debut, yrs				0.98 (0.89, 1.07)	0.653	0.88 (0.79, 0.98)	0.020
	Gender of sexual partners in the past 6 months
	Male and female	36	233	15.5	1.00	–	1.00	–
	Male only	49	185	26.5	1.97 (1.22, 3.19)	0.006	1.92 (1.12, 3.30)	0.018
	Number of male casual partners in the last 6 months				1.20 (0.97, 1.47)	0.095	1.28 (1.01, 1.61)	0.040
	0	44	241	18.3
	1–2	13	69	18.8
	3–5	9	47	19.2
	≥6	17	57	29.8

^aAttempted to control for potential confounders such as age, education level, income, duration of being MB, HIV/AIDS knowledge, and condom use rates with different types of partners