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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2015 Aug;19(8):1478–1490. doi: 10.1007/s10461-015-1062-6

Table III.

Poverty, Mood Disorder, and Substance Use Correlates of STI/HIV Risk among Incarcerated African American Men in Committed Partnerships (N=189)

Concurrent Partnerships Buying Sex Prevalent STI
% OR (95% CI) AORa (95% CI) % OR (95% CI) AORa (95% CI) % OR (95% CI) AORa (95% CI)
Poverty Indicators
Joblessness
  No 28.6 1 1 10.7 1 1 10.7 1 1
  Yes 42.9 1.97 (1.05, 3.71) 2.88 (1.40, 5.94) 10 0.93 (0.35, 2.49) 1.20 (0.40, 3.58) 5.7 0.52 (0.16, 1.67) 1.39 (0.44, 4.44)
Homelessness
  No 31.5 1 1 7.4 1 1 9.4 1 1
  Yes 41.2 1.57 (0.72, 3.39) 1.81 (0.77, 4.28) 20.6 3.35 (1.19, 9.45) 2.73 (0.83, 8.98) 5.9 0.61 (0.13, 2.84) 0.77 (0.15, 3.98)
Food Insecurity
  No 34.1 1 1 5.8 1 1 10.1 1 1
  Yes 32.6 0.96 (0.46, 1.99) 0.92 (0.39, 2.18) 25.6 5.54 (2.06, 14.91) 5.97 (1.83, 19.45) 4.7 0.44 (0.10, 2.00) 0.49 (0.09, 2.60)
Mood Disorders
Depressed
  No 28.2 1 1 5.5 1 1 8.9 1 1
  Yes 43.1 1.93 (1.03, 3.60) 1.96 (0.96, 4.02) 17.8 3.76 (1.36, 10.40) 2.98 (0.85, 10.36) 9.6 1.09 (0.40, 3.01) 1.51 (0.45, 5.11)
Trait Anxietyb
  No 36.4 1 1 7.8 1 1 7.9 1 1
  Yes 31 0.79 (0.38, 1.63) 0.57 (0.23, 1.42) 11.9 1.59 (0.51, 5.02) 1.07 (0.21, 5.52) 8.6 1.10 (0.32, 3.80) 0.92 (0.19, 4.48)
Substance Use
Binge Drinking on Typical Drinking Day (6 Months before Incarceration)
  No
  Yes
33.1 1 1 10.5 1 1 5.2 1 1
46 1.72 (0.82, 3.61) 1.75 (0.79, 3.90) 13.2 1.29 (0.43, 3.84) 1.46 (0.42, 5.06) 19.4 4.38 (1.43,13.46) 3.79 (1.19, 12.04)
Lifetime Marijuana Use
  Rare Use 23.1 1 1 15.4 1 1 0.0c N/A N/A
  Occasional Use 25 1.11 (0.26, 4.78) 0.81 (0.18, 3.68) 6.8 0.40 (0.06, 2.72) 0.27 (0.03, 2.34) 11.6 1 1
  Frequent Use 39 2.13 (0.86, 8.15) 1.25 (0.30, 5.23) 11.3 0.70 (0.14, 3.49) 0.50 (0.08, 3.34) 8.9 0.74 (0.24, 2.27) 0.69 (0.22, 2.24)
Lifetime Crack Use
  No 35.2 1 1 7.1 1 1 7.9 1 1
  Yes 31 0.82 (0.39, 1.73) 2.04 (0.71, 5.84) 21.4 3.55 (1.33, 9.43) 1.27 (0.30, 5.34) 11.9 1.58 (0.52, 4.85) 1.98 (0.71, 9.52)
Lifetime Cocaine Use
  No 32.8 1 1 7.6 1 1 6 1 1
  Yes 38 1.25 (0.64, 2.47) 1.46 (0.70, 3.03) 18 2.68 (1.02, 7.05) 2.37 (0.80, 7.04) 16.3 3.05 (1.08, 8.64) 2.53 (0.84, 7.62)
Lifetime Ecstasy Use
  No 29.2 1 1 9.9 1 1 9.9 1 1
  Yes 48 2.23 (1.14, 4.37) 1.68 (0.83, 3.42) 12 1.24 (0.44, 3.46) 2.05 (0.57, 5.38) 6 0.58 (0.16, 2.13) 0.58 (0.15, 2.22)
a

Adjusted models poverty are adjusted for age, depression, binge drinking, any hard drug use (lifetime use of crack, cocaine, ecstasy, hallucinogens, or injection drug use) and number of years incarcerated in lifetime; adjusted models for mood disorders are adjusted for age, food insecurity, binge drinking, any hard drug use, and number of years incarcerated in lifetime; adjusted models for substance use are adjusted for age, food insecurity, depression, and number of years incarcerated in lifetime.

b

In subsample of 136 participants

c

Tabular analyses suggest the percentage testing positive for STI do not differ significantly by marijuana use (X2 =1.7725; p=0.4122).