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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 12.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2005 Nov;32(11):685–690. doi: 10.1097/01.olq.0000175405.36124.3b

TABLE 3.

The Relationship of Alcohol Use and Risky Sex With STIs and HIV

STI/HIV

Characteristic N (%) n (%) OR (95% CI)
Lifetime
  Alcohol use during sex with FSW
    Yes 1040 (66) 703 (68)** 1.5 1.2–1.9
    No 546 (34) 314 (56)
  Unprotected sex with FSW
    Yes 1388 (87) 920 (66)** 1.9 1.4–2.6
    No 200 (13) 101 (51)
  Anal sex with FSW
    Yes 226 (14) 141 (62) 0.9 0.7–1.2
    No 1358 (86) 875 (64)
  FSW partners, No.
    1–10 861 (54) 535 (62)
    11+ 729 (46) 486 (67) 1.2 1.0–1.5
Prior 3 months
  Alcohol use during sex with FSW
    Yes 693 (57) 463 (67)** 2.1 1.6–2.8
    No 521 (43) 296 (57)
  Unprotected sex with FSW
    Yes 923 (76) 602 (65)** 1.6 1.2–2.1
    No 292 (24) 160 (55)
  FSW partners, So.
    1 418 (23) 262 (63) 1.00
    2–5 613 (34) 385 (63) 1.00 0.8–1.3
    6–10 145 (8) 85 (59) 0.8 0.6–1.2
    11+ 98 (5) 55 (56) 0.8 0.5–1.2

FSW = female sex worker; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; STI = sexually transmitted disease.

*

P <0.05.

**

P <0.001.