Table 4. Correlates of STIs Among Participants (14–18 years old), Panama, 2015.
| Sexually Transmitted Infection | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | p-value | OR (95%CI) | AOR (95%CI) | ||
| Gender | 88 | 272 | <0.001 | |||||
| Female | 74 | 84.1 | 147 | 54.0 | 4.5 (2.4–8.3) | 5.8 (2.3–14.6) | ||
| Male | 14 | 15.9 | 125 | 46.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Age (in years) | 88 | 272 | 0.029! | |||||
| 14–15 | 7 | 8.0 | 29 | 10.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 16 | 7 | 8.0 | 52 | 19.1 | 0.6 (0.2–1.7) | 0.2 (0.1–3.3) | ||
| 17 | 20 | 22.7 | 67 | 24.6 | 1.2 (0.5–3.2) | 0.3 (0.1–4.7) | ||
| 18 | 54 | 61.4 | 124 | 45.6 | 1.8 (0.7–4.4) | 0.3 (0.1–5.0) | ||
| School grade | 87 | 272 | 0.037! | |||||
| 10th | 11 | 12.6 | 64 | 23.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 11th | 18 | 20.7 | 66 | 24.3 | 1.6 (0.7–3.6) | 4.7 (0.5–48.1) | ||
| 12th | 58 | 66.7 | 142 | 52.2 | 2.4 (1.2–4.8) | 4.7 (0.4–52.6) | ||
| Reported vaginal sex | 79 | 226 | 0.009 | |||||
| Yes | 74 | 93.7 | 184 | 81.4 | 3.4 (1.2–8.9) | 1.2 (0.3–4.6) | ||
| Reported oral sex | 75 | 232 | 0.105 | |||||
| Yes | 42 | 56.0 | 105 | 45.3 | 1.5 (0.9–2.6) | 0.7 (0.3–1.4) | ||
| Reported age difference with the first sexual partner | 67 | 212 | 0.152 | |||||
| Older 10 years or more | 8 | 11.9 | 17 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Older 1–9 years | 40 | 59.7 | 108 | 50.9 | 0.8 (0.3–2.0) | 0.9 (0.3–3.4) | ||
| The same age or younger | 19 | 28.4 | 87 | 41.0 | 0.5 (0.2–1.2) | 0.9 (0.2–3.6) | ||
| Reported condom use | 80 | 222 | 0.040 | |||||
| Inconsistent | 66 | 82.5 | 157 | 70.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Consistent | 14 | 17.5 | 65 | 29.3 | 0.5 (0.3–1.0) | 1.0 (0.3–2.8) | ||
| Reported sex with casual partner | 80 | 229 | 0.002 | |||||
| Yes | 51 | 63.8 | 99 | 43.2 | 2.3 (1.4–3.9) | 3.0 (1.2–7.5) | ||
| Reported number of sex partners in lifetime | 75 | 197 | 0.006! | |||||
| 1 | 12 | 16.0 | 69 | 35.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 2 | 18 | 24.0 | 44 | 22.3 | 2.4 (1.0–5.4) | 1.4 (0.5–4.6) | ||
| ≥3 | 45 | 60.0 | 84 | 42.6 | 3.1 (1.5–6.3) | 1.9 (0.6–5.9) | ||
| Reported current sexual activitya | 80 | 227 | 0.005 | |||||
| Yes | 61 | 76.3 | 133 | 58.6 | 2.3 (1.3–4.1) | 1.4 (0.6–3.4) | ||
| Belief of STI or HIV at some timeb | 78 | 243 | 0.117 | |||||
| Yes | 36 | 46.2 | 88 | 36.2 | 1.5 (0.9–2.5) | 1.2 (0.6–2.8) | ||
Abbreviations: OR = Odds Ratio, AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval, STI = Sexually Transmitted Infection, HIV = Human Immunodeficiency Virus
χ2 was used to calculate the relationship between sexually transmitted infections and included variables.
! Kruskal-Wallis Test for trend was statistically significant at < 0.05.
aOne or more sexual partner in the past month,.
bThought to have been infected by a sexual partner.
Note: Different numbers in each category based on the number of responses.