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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2012 Dec 11;25(8):1018–1025. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2012.748168

Table 4.

Odds ratios from logistic regression models demonstrating associations between measures of treatment optimism and sexual risk behavior

Men (N=470) Women (N=1275)
Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)1 Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)


2+ sexual partners, last 12 months
    Reduced severity optimism scale 1.21 (1.10, 1.33)*** 1.22 (1.09, 1.36)*** 0.99 (0.92, 1.06) 0.97 (0.90, 1.05)
    Reduced susceptibility optimism item 2.48 (1.48, 4.15)** 2.04 (1.19, 3.52)* 1.00 (0.63, 1.59) 0.97 (0.60, 1.57)
Inconsistent condom use with non-primary partner, last 12 months
    Reduced severity optimism scale 1.11 (1.01, 1.23)* 1.13 (1.01, 1.26)* 0.92 (0.85, 1.00)* 0.91 (0.84, 1.00)*
    Reduced susceptibility optimism item 1.49 (0.86, 2.57) 1.18 (0.66, 2.11) 0.33 (0.18, 0.59)*** 0.33 (0.18, 0.61)***
1

Adjusted models control for age, years of education, marital status, household goods index, income quartiles, interpersonal experience with ART, and HIV status/ART use

*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001