Table 3.
Demographic and behavioral characteristics associated with urethral GC/CT diagnosis
| Urethral GC and/or CT | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | Adj. Odds Ratio a | 95% CI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | |||||
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| Income | ||||||||
| < $50,000 | 562 | 53.4 | 13 | 72.2 | 0.44 | 0.16 – 1.24 | 0.98 | 0.30 – 3.20 |
| $50,000 + | 491 | 46.6 | 5 | 27.8 | ||||
| Has a 4-year college degree | ||||||||
| No | 462 | 43.9 | 12 | 66.7 | 0.39 | 0.15 – 1.05 | 0.47 | 0.17 – 1.34 |
| Yes | 591 | 56.1 | 6 | 33.3 | ||||
| Relationship status | ||||||||
| Single | 540 | 51.3 | 9 | 50 | 1.05 | 0.42 – 2.67 | 1.26 | 0.49 – 3.27 |
| In a relationship | 513 | 48.7 | 9 | 50 | ||||
| Race and ethnicity | ||||||||
| White (Ref.) | 750 | 71.2 | 13 | 72.2 | Ref. | -- - -- | Ref. | -- - -- |
| Black | 81 | 7.7 | 2 | 11.1 | 1.42 | 0.32 – 6.41 | 1.09 | 0.51 – 2.35 |
| Latino | 133 | 12.6 | 2 | 11.1 | 0.87 | 0.19 – 3.89 | 0.49 | 0.11 – 2.25 |
| Multiracial or “other” | 89 | 8.5 | 1 | 5.6 | 0.65 | 0.08 – 5.01 | 0.48 | 0.06 – 3.77 |
| Has health insurance | ||||||||
| No | 90 | 8.5 | 3 | 16.7 | 0.47 | 0.13 – 1.65 | 0.62 | 0.17 – 2.27 |
| Yes | 936 | 91.5 | 15 | 83.3 | ||||
| Has a primary care providers | ||||||||
| Yes | 803 | 76.3 | 11 | 61.1 | 2.04 | 0.78 – 5.33 | 1.24 | 0.43 – 3.57 |
| No | 250 | 23.7 | 7 | 38.9 | ||||
| Any drug use,1 < 3 months | ||||||||
| No | 869 | 89.3 | 14 | 82.4 | 1.79 | 0.51 – 6.33 | 1.37 | 0.37 – 4.95 |
| Yes | 104 | 10.7 | 3 | 17.6 | ||||
| Anal sexual behavior with casual male partners, < 3 months, excluding men who did not report anal sex with a casual male partner, valid n = 538 | ||||||||
| Exclusive bottom | 131 | 25 | 1 | 7.1 | 0.16 | 0.02 – 1.25 | 0.12 | 0.01 – 0.95 |
| Versatile (Ref.) | 207 | 39.5 | 10 | 71.4 | Ref. | -- - -- | Ref. | -- - -- |
| Exclusive top | 186 | 35.5 | 3 | 21.4 | 0.33 | 0.09 – 1.23 | 0.36 | 0.09 – 1.38 |
| CAS2 with a casual male partner or HIV-positive or HIV-unknown main partner, < 3 months | ||||||||
| No | 647 | 61.4 | 4 | 22.2 | 5.58 | 1.82 – 17.06 | 5.55 | 1.78 – 17.29 |
| Yes | 406 | 38.6 | 14 | 77.8 | ||||
| M | SD | M | SD | t | p | Adj. Odds Ratio a | ||
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| Age in years | 40.4 | 13.8 | 31.0 | 10.7 | 2.87 | 0.004 | 0.94 | 0.90 – 0.99 |
| Mdn | IQR | Mdn | IQR | U | p | |||
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| Male partners in the last 12 months | 4.0 | 1–10 | 10.5 | 4–20 | 13121.0 | 0.01 | 1.03 | 1.01 – 1.05 |
| Sexual behavior with casual male partners in the last 3 months, valid n = 1071 | ||||||||
| Number of anal insertive acts | 0 | 0–2 | 4.0 | 0–7.5 | 13220.0 | 0.001 | 1.02 | 0.99 – 1.06 |
| Number of anal receptive acts | 0 | 0–1 | 1.0 | 0–7.75 | 12637.0 | 0.004 | 1.03 | 1.00 – 1.06 |
| Number of condomless anal insertive acts | 0 | 0–0 | 1.0 | 0–4.25 | 13894.0 | < .001 | 1.07 | 1.00 – 1.14 |
| Number of condomless anal receptive acts | 0 | 0–0 | 0.0 | 0–4.5 | 11625.0 | 0.02 | 1.03 | 0.99 – 1.06 |
M Mean, SD Standard Deviation, Mdn Median, IQR Interquartile Range, U Mann-Whitney U CT Chlamydia trachomatis, GC Neisseria gonorrhoeae
a
Adjusted for education, race, age, relationship status, having health insurance, and income Bold items are significant at p < .05
1
Cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy/MDMA, GHB/GBL, heroin/opiates, ketamine, crack
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Condomless anal sex