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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 12.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Jul;40(7):528–533. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31829413f7

TABLE 2.

Sexual Behavior and Health Outcomes Associated With Having an Online Sex Partner (n=273)

Online Sex Partner
Total, n (%) No, n (%) Yes, n (%) Crude OR
(95% CI)
Adjusted OR* (95% CI)
First vaginal sex, age in years
 >14 231 (87) 202 (89) 29 (73) 1.00 1.00
 ≤14 36 (13) 25 (11) 11 (28) 3.07 (1.37–6.88) 3.63 (1.43–9.25)
Unprotected vaginal sex (last partner)§
 No 168 (72) 141 (73) 27 (68) 1.00
 Yes 65 (28) 52 (27) 13 (33) 1.31 (0.63–2.72)
Drug use during sex
 No 217 (83) 186 (85) 31 (76) 1.00
 Yes 43 (17) 33 (15) 10 (24) 1.82 (0.81–4.06)
Alcohol use during sex
 No 212 (82) 183 (84) 29 (71) 1.00 1.00
 Yes 48 (18) 36 (16) 12 (29) 2.10 (0.98–4.51) 1.82 (0.80–4.15)
Ever STD
 No 212 (78) 181 (78) 31 (74) 1.00
 Yes 61 (22) 50 (22) 11 (26) 1.29 (0.60–2.74)
Current STD**
 No 229 (86) 195 (87) 34 (81) 1.00
 Yes 38 (14) 30 (13) 8 (19) 1.53 (0.65–3.62)
Ever pregnant or gotten someone else pregnant
 No 225 (84) 194 (85) 31 (78) 1.00
 Yes 42 (16) 33 (15) 9 (22) 1.71 (0.75–3.91)
Median (IQR) Median (IQR) Median (IQR)
Median number of vaginal sex partners (IQR)†† 4 (6) 3 (4) 8 (9) 4.90 (2.56–9.40) 3.43 (1.72–6.82)
Median number of days between interacting and having sex (IQR)‡‡ 104 (180) 131 (210) 74 (147) 0.55 (0.30–1.02) 0.71 (0.37–1.38)
*

Models were adjusted for age, sex, educational status, and history of same-sex sexual activity.

Only those who have ever engaged in vaginal intercourse (n = 267).

P < 0.05.

§

Only those who had vaginal intercourse with their last sexual partner (n = 233).

Listwise deletion of cases with missing data (n = 260).

P < 0.10,

**

Listwise deletion of cases with missing biological test results (n = 267).

††

Models the cumulative probability of having a greater number of vaginal sex partners (n = 260 after removing those with no vaginal sex partners).

‡‡

Models the cumulative probability of the number of days between first interacting with partner and having sex.