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Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2021 Aug 17;26(3):662–673. doi: 10.1007/s10461-021-03426-2

Table V.

Multivariable associations with any bacterial STI diagnosis (in the past 12 months for WHSPP and in the past 6 months for UNITE)

WHSPP UNITE

Model A
(n=300a)
Model B
(n=259a)
Model A
(n=2099)
Model B
(n=2006a)

aRR(95% CI) P-value aRR (95% CI) P-value aRR (95% CI) P-value aRR (95% CI) P-value

Spanish language 1.24 (0.80, 1.94) 0.337 1.63 (1.03, 2.57) 0.038 1.23 (0.76, 1.98) 0.399 1.22 (0.74, 2.00) 0.441
Age 1.00 (0.98, 1.02) 0.786 1.00 (0.98, 1.02) 0.903 0.99 (0.98, 1.00) 0.119 0.99 (0.97, 1.00) 0.019
Education 0.007 0.209 0.950 0.932
 Less than high school Ref Ref Ref Ref
 High school or GED 1.30 (0.46, 3.68) 1.59 (0.46, 5.43) 0.94 (0.50, 1.76) 0.88 (0.48, 1.60)
 Some college 1.10 (0.40, 3.03) 1.60 (0.48, 5.36) 0.96 (0.54, 1.68) 0.90 (0.53, 1.53)
  Bachelor’s degree or higher 2.39 (0.92, 6.22) 2.32 (0.73, 7.31) 1.02 (0.57, 1.83) 0.95 (0.55, 1.65)
Has health insurance 0.79 (0.46, 1.36) 0.395 0.96 (0.54, 1.71) 0.901 1.32 (1.01, 1.72) 0.043 1.39 (1.06, 1.80) 0.016
Recruited from geospatial sexual networking appsb 0.66 (0.40, 1.11) 0.116 0.59 (0.35, 0.99) 0.046 2.64 (1.31, 5.29) 0.006 3.09 (1.39, 6.88) 0.006
Total number of male sex partners in the past 12 months 1.01 (1.00, 1.01) <0.001 -
Total number of casual male sex partners in the past 3 months - 1.01 (1.00, 1.02) 0.002
Any condomless anal sex (CAS) with unknown or HIV positive status partners 2.05 (1.35, 3.11) 0.001 -
Any condomless anal sex (CAS) with unknown or HIV positive status casual partners - 0.92 (0.70, 1.21) 0.543
Drug use (injection drugs, meth, or poppers) 2.23 (1.53, 3.27) <0.001 2.05 (1.64, 2.55) <0.001
a

Observations with missing data on one or more variables were dropped from regression analyses

b

For regression analyses, recruitment through social media was grouped with recruitment through other websites/apps and used as the referent category.