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. 2021 May;91:103101. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.103101

Table 3.

Unadjusted and adjusted associations of drug use measures with measures of CLS and sexual attitudes among HIV-negative heterosexual men and women in the AURAH study.

N = 470 heterosexual mena
CLS with non-regular partner (past 3 months)
(n = 204; 43.4%)
CLS with two or more partners (past 3 months)
(n = 144; 30.6%)
Lower self-efficacy for sexual safety
(n = 660; 33.8%)
% p-valuea AdjustedbPR [95% CI]p-valuec % p-valuea AdjustedbPR [95% CI] p-valuec % p-valuea Adjustedb PR [95% CI]p-valuec
Any drug use
No/missing
Yes

39.1%
54.6%
0.002

1
1.22 [0.99, 1.52]
0.065

27.4%
39.4%
0.012

1
1.33 [0.99, 1.78]
0.062

31.5%
40.8%
0.057

1
1.16 [0.88, 1.53]
0.301
Use of cannabis
No/missing
Yes

39.6%
57.4%
0.001

1
1.26 [1.02, 1.57]
0.036

27.1%
43.6%
0.001

1
1.48 [1.10, 2.00]
0.010

33.1%
37.6%
0.391

1
1.00 [0.73, 1.35]
0.977
Use of cocaine
No/missing
Yes

41.1%
63.8%
0.003

1
1.51 [1.17, 1.94]
0.001

29.6%
40.4%
0.125

1
1.37 [0.93, 2.03]
0.115

32.2%
51.1%
0.009

1
1.47 [1.04, 2.07]
0.028

N = 676 womena

CLS with non-regular partner (past 3 months)
(n = 192; 28.4%)
CLS with two or more partners (past 3 months)
(n = 114; 16.9%)
Lower self-efficacy for sexual safety
(n = 208; 30.8%)
% p-valuea Adjustedb
PR [95% CI]
p-valuec
% p-valuea Adjustedb
PR [95% CI]
p-valuec
% p-valuea Adjustedb
PR [95% CI]
p-valuec

Any drug use
No/missing
Yes

24.3%
47.5%
<0.001

1
1.58 [1.24, 2.02]
<0.001

12.8%
35.8%
<0.001

1
2.24 [1.59, 3.17]
<0.001

29.0%
39.2%
0.028

1
1.44 [1.09, 1.91]
0.011
Use of cannabis
No/missing
Yes

25.7%
45.3%
<0.001

1
1.44 [1.10, 1.89]
0.008

13.9%
34.7%
<0.001

1
1.99 [1.38, 2.86]
<0.001

29.6%
37.9%
0.105

1
1.33 [0.98, 1.81]
0.070
Use of cocaine
No/missing
Yes

26.3%
59.5%
<0.001

1
1.75 [1.33, 2.30]
<0.001

14.5%
52.4%
<0.001

1
2.83 [1.97, 4.06]
<0.001

29.8%
45.2%
0.036

1
1.64 [1.12, 2.39]
0.011

CLS= condomless sex.

a

Individuals who had not been diagnosed with HIV at the time of the AURAH questionnaire completion. Four heterosexual men and one woman tested HIV-positive on the day of the AURAH questionnaire.

b

Adjusted for: age (as a continuous variable), ethnicity (Black/mixed African or other ethnicity), university education, ongoing relationship status, and London clinic site.

c

p-value by Wald test in modified Poisson regression.