Table 3.
Association between substance use and STIs among ART attendees in JUSH, Jimma, Ethiopia, 2011.
| Characteristics | Total (n=338) | STIs | |||
| N (%) | Yes (n=120) N (%) |
No (n=218) N (%) |
AOR (95%CI) | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 118 (34.9) | 42 (35.6) | 76 (64.4) | 1.00 | |
| Female | 220 (65.1) | 78 (35.5) | 142 (64.5) | 0.85 (0.45, 1.6) | |
| Age in years | |||||
| 15–24 | 29 (8.6) | 10 (34.5) | 19(65.5) | 1.00 | |
| 25–34 | 156 (46.2) | 64 (41.0) | 92 (59.0) | 0.93 (0.38, 2.31) | |
| 35–44 | 118(34.9) | 36 (30.5) | 82 (69.5) | 1.93 (0.73, 5.12) | |
| ≥45 | 35 (10.4) | 10 (28.6) | 25 (71.4) | 1.98 (0.61, 6.47) | |
| Marital Status | |||||
| Married | 168 (49.7) | 64 (38.1) | 104 (61.9) | 0.97 (0.41, .32) | |
| Single | 65 (19.2) | 19 (29.2) | 46 (70.8) | 2.45 (0.85, .04) | |
| Divorced | 49 (14.5) | 17 (34.7) | 32 (65.3) | 1.37 (0.49, .79) | |
| Separated | 25(7.4) | 10 (40.0) | 15 (60.0) | 0.98 (0.31, .18) | |
| Widowed | 31(9.2) | 10 (32.3) | 21 (67.7) | 1.00 | |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Oromo | 153 (45.3) | 41 (26.8) | 112 (73.2) | 1.95 (0.86, 4.43) | |
| Amhara | 66 (19.5) | 34 (51.5) | 32 (48.5) | 0.66 (0.28, 1.57) | |
| Tigrie | 37 (10.9) | 12 (32.4) | 25(67.6) | 1.67 (0.61, 4.57) | |
| Gurage | 21 (6.2) | 10 (47.6) | 11 (52.4) | 0.68 (0.21, 2.21) | |
| Keficho | 38 (11.2) | 15 (39.5) | 23 (60.5) | 1.24 (0.40, 3.83) | |
| Other* | 23 (6.8) | 8(34.8) | 15(65.2) | 1.00 | |
| Alcohol intake | |||||
| Yes | 170 (50.3) | 71 (41.8) | 99 (58.2) | 0.46 (0.26, 0.80) | |
| No | 168 (49.7) | 49 (29.2) | 119 (70.8) | 1.00 | |
| Khat Chewing | |||||
| Yes | 153 (45.3) | 54 (35.3) | 99 (64.7) | 0.91 (0.52, 1.58) | |
| No | 185 (54.7) | 66 (35.7) | 119 (64.3) | 1.00 | |
| Shisha | |||||
| Yes | 29 (8.6) | 13 (44.8) | 16 (55.2) | 0.46 (0.19, 1.13) | |
| No | 309 (91.4) | 107 (34.6) | 202 (65.4) | 1.00 | |
| Cigarette | |||||
| Yes | 37 (10.9) | 12 (32.4) | 25 (67.6) | 1.21 (0.49, 2.99) | |
| No | 301 (89.1) | 108 (35.9) | 193 (64.1) | 1.00 | |
*
Wolayta, Yem, Dawuro,