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. 2012 Nov;22(3):181–188.

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,