Table 2:

Peri-Sexual Behaviors and Participant Characteristics Associated with Syphilis, Rectal Neisseria gonorrhoeae and/or Chlamydia trachomatis (GC/CT) among Men Who Have Sex with Men Reporting Receptive Anal Intercourse (RAI) in Last 6 Months 8/2014–1/2018

	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	p-value
Lubricant use during RAI∫
Never/Inconsistent	Ref	--	Ref	--
Consistent	1.81 (1.12–2.93)	0.015	1.81 (1.11–2.96)	0.018
Rectal douching before RAI∫	1.02 (1.00–1.03)	0.035	1.02 (1.00–1.04)	0.041
Age	0.99 (0.95–1.03)	0.486	0.96 (0.92–1.00)	0.066
Race/Ethnicity
White/Caucasian	Ref	--	Ref	--
Latino	1.36 (0.53–3.50)	0.529	1.16 (0.49–2.75)	0.731
Black/African American	1.29 (0.50–3.34)	0.597	1.29 (0.55–3.05)	0.559
Other	1.14 (0.27–4.80)	0.853	1.00 (0.25–3.96)	0.995
HIV
Negative	Ref	--	Ref	--
Positive	2.23 (1.35–3.67)	0.002	2.42 (1.36–4.31)	0.003
Number RAI partners∫∫	1.00 (1.00–1.01)	0.341	1.00 (0.99–1.01)	0.968
Number main/regular partners∫∫	0.99 (0.95–1.03)	0.475	0.95 (0.90–1.01)	0.083
Regular poppers use∫∫
No	Ref	--	Ref	--
Yes	1.75 (0.96–3.20)	0.069	1.27 (0.64–2.54)	0.492
Regular methamphetamine use∫∫
No	Ref	--	Ref	--
Yes	2.06 (1.15–3.70)	0.015	1.80 (0.93–3.48)	0.079
Sexual concurrency∫∫
No	Ref	--	Ref	--
Yes	1.28 (0.81–2.01)	0.285	1.23 (0.75–2.02)	0.404

Note: bold indicates statistical significance

^∫last month,

^∫∫last 6 months