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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J STD AIDS. 2020 Jan 21;31(2):142–149. doi: 10.1177/0956462419886772

Table 3.

Predictors of acute STI diagnosis at first STD clinic visit during 2011–2016. acute STI: gonorrhea, trichomonas, and early syphilis in women and gonorrhea, Chlamydia, non-gonococcal urethritis, and early syphilis in men; aOR: adjusted OR; uOR: univariate OR.

Female<25 Female>25 Male<25 Male>25
uOR aOR uOR aOR uOR aOR uOR aOR
(pval) (pval) (pval) (pval) (pval) (pval) (pval) (pval)
Race
 White non-Hispanic 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Black non-Hispanic 1.82 2.19 0.96 1.06 2.35 2.31 1.55 1.49
(<0.01) (<0.01) (0.75) (0.62) (<0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01)
 Hispanic 0.75 0.90 0.28 0.32 1.26 1.30 0.68 0.68
(0.43) (0.77) (<0.01) (<0.01) (0.18) (0.14) (<0.01) (<0.01)
 Other 0.68 0.85 0.43 0.49 1.11 1.11 0.88 0.96
(0.44) (0.75) (0.01) (0.03) (0.65) (0.67) (0.39) (0.79)
Sexual identity
 Straight 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Gay 0.60 0.54 0.51 0.48 0.98 1.24 1.10 1.34
(0.05) (0.02) (0.02) (0.01) (0.78) (0.02) (0.21) (<0.01)
 Bisexual 1.32 1.13 1.07 0.94 1.10 1.21 1.47 1.62
(0.04) (0.40) (0.64) (0.70) (0.48) (0.16) (<0.01) (<0.01)
Number of partners
 0 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 1 1.36 1.26 1.42 1.39 1.48 1.50 1.91 1.77
(0.25) (0.39) (0.04) (0.05) (<0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01)
 2 1.88 1.81 1.66 1.57 1.84 1.76 2.64 2.18
(0.02) (0.03) (<0.01) (0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01)
 ≥3 2.38 2.33 2.00 1.68 2.20 2.09 3.09 2.49
(<0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01) (0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01)
Average condom use
 Never 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Sometimes 0.87 0.74 1.01 0.92 1.14 0.98 1.32 1.10
(0.13) (<0.01) (0.94) (0.36) (0.05) (0.73) (<0.01) (0.06)
 Often 1.05 0.85 1.02 0.89 1.10 0.89 1.49 1.13
(0.66) (0.14) (0.83) (0.27) (0.18) (0.11) (<0.01) (0.02)
 Always 0.72 0.64 1.10 1.09 0.77 0.71 0.91 0.81
(0.01) (<0.01) (0.39) (0.43) (<0.01) (<0.01) (0.12) (<0.01)
Sex with alcohola 0.97 0.87 1.29 1.15 1.04 1.01 1.23 1.07
(0.83) (0.24) (<0.01) (0.13) (0.52) (0.86) (<0.01) (0.11)
Cocaine useb 3.69 3.97 3.07 2.36 0.55 0.70 0.70 0.71
(<0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01) (0.03) (0.23) (<0.01) (0.01)
IV drug usec 2.57 2.16 2.74 1.32 0.31 0.52 0.67 0.79
(0.15) (0.29) (<0.01) (0.27) (0.06) (0.34) (0.10) (0.37)
Sex for drugs/money/goodsd 1.84 1.21 2.84 1.36 NA NA NA NA
(0.10) (0.63) (<0.01) (0.15) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Symptoms at visit 1.63 1.56 1.84 1.77 2.83 2.81 4.07 3.97
(<0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01) (<0.01)
a

Sex with alcohol in the last month.

b

Cocaine use in the past 1–12 months.

c

IVDU in the past 1–12 months.

d

Sex for drugs, money, or goods in the past 1–12 months.