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Published in final edited form as: J Psychosom Res. 2012 Mar 8;72(5):10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.02.002. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.02.002

Table 2.

Unadjusted association between adult attachment style and health risk behaviors.

Characteristic	Anxious (OR [95% CI])^a	Avoidant (OR [95% CI])^a
Sex without knowing partner’s sexual history (Y/N)	1.14 [1.06, 1.23]^***	1.03 [0.96, 1.10]
Lower age at first sexual activity (quartiles)	1.07 [1.01, 1.15]^*	1.01 [0.95, 1.08]
Number of male partners – lifetime (0, 1, 2, 3, ≥4)	1.10 [1.02, 1.18]^*	1.00 [0.94, 1.07]
Number of male partners – past year (0–1, ≥2)	1.27 [1.11, 1.46]^***	1.10 [0.96, 1.25]
Ever had an STI (Y/N)	1.16 [1.05, 1.28]^**	0.99 [0.90, 1.09]
History of teen pregnancy (Y/N)	1.06 [0.96, 1.18]	1.13 [1.02, 1.25]^*
Ever had an abortion (Y/N)	1.09 [1.01, 1.18]^*	1.00 [0.93, 1.08]
Current, regular smoking (Y/N)	1.08 [0.96, 1.22]	1.21 [1.08, 1.36]^**
Score on CAGE screen (0–1, ≥2)	1.05 [0.97, 1.14]	1.02 [0.94, 1.10]
Does not exercise regularly (Y/N)	1.13 [1.03, 1.23]^**	1.10 [1.01, 1.20]^*
Obese (Y/N)	1.07 [0.98, 1.16]	1.12 [1.03, 1.22]^**
Does not use seatbelt regularly (Y/N)	0.97 [0.85, 1.11]	1.16 [1.02, 1.32]^*

N ranges from 652 to 695 for individual analyses due to missing data.

p<.05.

^**

p<.01

^***

p<.001.