Table 5.

Partner risk and substance abuse

Outcome	FBHW n = 226	USBHW n = 94	Unadjusted		Adjustedb
			ORa	P value	ORa	P value
Any high risk partner behavior?	11 (5.6%)	13 (15.5%)	0.3 (0.1, 0.8)	0.009	0.4 (0.2, 1.2)	0.10
Partner had STI in the past year	n = 205	n = 86
Yes	5 (2.4%)	4 (4.7%)	0.5 (0.1, 2.0)	0.33	0.3 (0.1, 1.6)	0.17
Yes/I do not know	24 (11.7%)	18 (20.9%)	0.5 (0.3, 1.0)	0.04	0.3 (0.1, 0.7)	0.006
Partner had other partners, in relationship	n = 210	n = 83
Yes	7 (3.3%)	9 (10.8%)	0.3 (0.1, 0.8)	0.016	0.5 (0.2, 1.7)	0.29
Yes/I do not know	12 (5.7%)	20 (24.1%)	0.2 (0.1, 0.4)	<0.001	0.2 (0.1, 0.5)	0.001
Partner had sex with prostitutes?	n = 205	n = 83
Yes	0	0	–	–	–	–
I do not know	10 (4.9%)	6 (7.2%)	0.7 (0.2, 1.9)	0.43	0.3 (0.1, 1.3)	0.11
Injected drugs?	n = 206	n = 83
Yes	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	–	0.29	–	–
Yes/I do not know	4 (1.9%)	4 (4.8%)	–	0.23	–	–
Confidence in asking partner if he/she has an STI?	n = 204	n = 83
Comfortable or very comfortable	189 (92.7%)	80 (96.4%)	0.5 (0.1, 1.7)	0.25	0.5 (0.1, 2.1)	0.38
Ever used or injected drugs	25 (11.1%)	23 (24.5%)	0.4 (0.2, 0.7)	0.003	0.4 (0.2, 0.8)	0.02
If yes	n = 14	n = 23
Marijuana	9 (4.0%)	13 (13.8%)	–	0.003	–	–
Cocaine	4 (1.8%)	5 (5.3%)	–	0.13	–	–
Heroine	1 (0.4%)	1 (1.1%)	–	>0.99	–	–
Methamphetamine	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.3%)	–	0.007	–	–
Drink alcohol	44 (21.3%)	53 (62.4%)	0.2 (0.1, 0.3)	<0.001	0.3 (0.1, 0.5)	<0.001
If yes	n = 42	n = 49
Three or more drinks in past week	6 (14.3%)	8 (16.3%)	0.9 (0.3, 2.7)	0.79	0.8 (0.2, 3.4)	0.76
Sex with alcohol/drugs past year	11 (5.3%)	24 (28.2%)	0.1 (0.1, 0.3)	<0.0001	0.3 (0.1, 0.6)	0.002

FBHW foreign-born Hispanic women, USBHW US-born Hispanic women, STI sexually transmitted infection

^aFBHW versus USBHW; USBHW are reference group in all ORs

^bEstimates from model adjusted for current age and education