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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Infect. 2014 Jun 12;90(7):567–572. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051494

Table 3.

Multivariate Logistic Regression Results of STIs Regressed on Means of Meeting Sexual Partners Venue Controlling for Demographics and Drugs, August 2011 – January 2013.

Predictor Gonorrhoea (n=6,356) Chlamydia (n=6,335) Syphilis (n=6,282) HIV (n=6,569)

p-value OR (95% CI) p- value OR (95% CI) p- value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI)
Age Group (REF = 30–39) p < 0.0001 p = 0.007 p = 0.08 p = 0.17
 <20 0.0015 2.00 (1.31–3.08) 0.002 1.98 (1.28–3.07) 0.79 0.82 (0.19–3.59) 0.73 0.87 (0.38–1.99)
 20–24 <.0001 1.53 (1.24–1.89) 0.04 1.27 (1.01–1.59) 0.83 0.93 (0.50–1.76) 0.02 0.57 (0.35–0.92)
 25–29 0.0005 1.40 (1.16–1.69) 0.16 1.16 (0.94–1.42) 0.11 0.59 (0.31–1.12) 0.19 0.76 (0.51–1.15)
 40–49 0.04 0.78 (0.61–0.99) 0.33 0.89 (0.70–1.13) 0.23 1.41 (0.80–2.47) 0.35 0.80 (0.50–1.28)
 50+ 0.40 0.86 (0.61–1.22) 0.91 1.02 (0.72–1.44) 0.07 1.96 (0.94–4.10) 0.06 0.41 (0.16–1.05)
Ethnicity (REF = White) p = 0.1 p = 0.73 p = 0.1 p = 0.0001
 Asian/PI 0.04 0.74 (0.56–0.98) 0.32 1.15 (0.88–1.50) 0.70 0.83 (0.32–2.14) 0.03 1.84 (1.06–3.20)
 Black 0.36 1.14 (0.86–1.52) 0.74 1.05 (0.77–1.45) 0.31 1.54 (0.67–3.56) <.0001 3.22 (1.95–5.31)
 Hispanic 0.35 1.08 (0.92–1.28) 0.42 1.08 (0.90–1.30) 0.02 1.80 (1.10–2.95) 0.13 1.35 (0.91–1.99)
 Other 0.47 1.15 (0.78–1.70) 0.30 1.25 (0.83–1.88) 0.11 2.21 (0.84–5.81) 0.90 0.93 (0.33–2.65)
Education (REF = College Grad) p = 0.1 p = 0.04 p = 0.81 p < 0.0001
 <High School 0.82 0.92 (0.45–1.89) 0.68 1.17 (0.57–2.40) 0.67 1.37 (0.31–6.01) 0.0018 4.81 (1.79–12.90)
 Some HS 0.37 1.27 (0.76–2.11) 0.85 1.06 (0.59–1.92) 0.95 0.95 (0.22–4.20) 0.19 2.07 (0.70–6.11)
 HS Grad 0.15 1.18 (0.94–1.48) 0.002 1.47 (1.16–1.86) 0.73 1.12 (0.58–2.16) <.0001 4.30 (2.78–6.65)
 Some College 0.23 1.11 (0.94–1.33) 0.16 1.15 (0.95–1.39) 0.39 1.24 (0.75–2.05) 0.0002 2.19 (1.46–3.29)
 Post-Grad 0.03 0.71 (0.52–0.97) 0.54 0.91 (0.68–1.23) 0.32 0.62 (0.24–1.59) 0.34 0.66 (0.28–1.55)
Drug Predictors
 Meth <.0001 1.84 (1.45–2.34) 0.0004 1.59 (1.23–2.06) <.0001 3.53 (2.08–5.97) 0.0007 2.13 (1.38–3.30)
 Ecstasy 0.13 1.20 (0.95–1.53) 0.56 0.92 (0.70–1.21) 0.48 0.75 (0.34–1.66) 0.55 1.17 (0.70–1.97)
 Nitrates 0.08 1.18 (0.98–1.42) 0.15 1.15 (0.95–1.40) 0.29 1.30 (0.80–2.13) 0.03 1.50 (1.03–2.19)
 Cocaine 0.44 1.09 (0.88–1.36) 0.03 1.29 (1.02–1.63) 0.81 0.92 (0.46–1.84) 0.57 1.15 (0.72–1.83)
Means of Meeting Sex Partners p = 0.0004 p = 0.004 p = 0.57 p = 0.26
Internet (In Person) 0.19 0.88 (0.73–1.06) 0.21 1.14 (0.93–1.39) 0.29 1.32 (0.79–2.20) 0.55 0.89 (0.61–1.30)
Phone App (Internet) 0.0001 1.42 (1.19–1.70) 0.05 1.20 (1.00–1.45) 0.66 0.89 (0.54–1.48) 0.31 0.81 (0.54–1.22)
Phone App (In Person) 0.0099 1.25 (1.06–1.48) 0.001 1.37 (1.13–1.65) 0.55 1.18 (0.69–2.01) 0.10 0.72 (0.49–1.07)