TABLE 3.

Association between Diagnosis with a Sexually Transmitted Disease and Composite Risk Variables

		Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Disease
	In Those Categorized Low Risk % (n)	In Those Categorized Intermediate Risk % (n)	In Those Categorized High Risk % (n)	Intermediate to Low Adjusted Odds Ratio		High to Low Adjusted Odds Ratio
				OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Partner characteristic composite	20.1% (189)	29.4% (160)	52.9% (51)
Adjusted for demographics*				2.2	1.3, 4.4	3.9	1.9, 8.0
Adjusted for demographics and individual sexual activities composite				2.1	1.0, 4.2	3.4	1.6, 7.0
Individual sexual activities
composite	20.8% (96)	24.9% (205)	37.8% (111)
Adjusted for demographics				1.8	1.0, 3.2	2.3	1.2, 4.5
Adjusted for demographics and partner characteristic composite				1.6	0.9, 2.8	1.8	0.8, 3.9

^*Demographics include race, age, sex, and medical insurance.

% = percent with STD with given characteristic, n = total number of adolescents in each group, OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval.