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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2012 Feb;14(1):89–99. doi: 10.1007/s10903-011-9529-7

Table 4.

HIV and STI diagnoses

Outcome FBHW n = 226 USBHW n = 94 Unadjusted
Adjustedb
ORa P value ORa P value
Have you ever been tested for HIV? 113 (54.9%) 72 (82.8%) 0.3 (0.1, 0.5) <0.001 0.3 (0.2, 0.7) 0.003
If No: reason for not getting tested n = 93 n = 15
    Fear of the result 4 (4.3%) 0 (0.0%) 0.64
    Do not know where to get tested 24 (25.8%) 6 (40.0%) 0.35
    Do not have health insurance 20 (21.5%) 1 (6.7%) 0.29
    Do not think I need to be tested 31 (33.3%) 4 (26.7%) 0.77
Have been told that had an STI? 42 (18.6%) 31 (33.0%) 0.5 (0.3, 0.8) 0.006 0.3 (0.2, 0.6) 0.001
If yes: year of diagnosis n = 42 n = 31 0.35
    >10 years ago 2 (11.8%) 4 (23.5%)
    5–10 years ago 4 (23.5%) 1 (5.9%)
    Past 5 years 11 (64.7%) 12 (70.6%)
Number of STIs in history <0.001
    None 203 (89.8%) 70 (74.5%)
    One 22 (9.7%) 20 (21.3%)
    More than one 1 (0.4%) 4 (4.3%)
Chlamydia 10 (4.4%) 17 (18.1%) <0.001
Gonorrhea 2 (0.9%) 4 (4.3%) 0.06
Trichomoniasis 3 (1.3%) 1 (1.1%) >0.99
Syphilis 0 (0.0%) 2 (2.1%) 0.09
Pelvic inflammatory disease 1 (0.4%) 0 (0.0%) >0.99
Genital warts 2 (0.9%) 0 (0.0%) 0.58
Genital herpes 0 (0.0%) 1 (1.1%) 0.29
Other 6 (2.7%) 3 (3.2%) >0.99

FBHW foreign-born Hispanic women, USBHW US-born Hispanic women, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, STI sexually transmitted infection

a

FBHW versus USBHW; USBHW are reference group in all ORs

b

Estimates from model adjusted for current age and education