Table V.
Multivariable associations with any bacterial STI diagnosis (in the past 12 months for WHSPP and in the past 6 months for UNITE)
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| Model A (n=300a) |
Model B (n=259a) |
Model A (n=2099) |
Model B (n=2006a) |
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| aRR(95% CI) | P-value | aRR (95% CI) | P-value | aRR (95% CI) | P-value | aRR (95% CI) | P-value | |
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| 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 | ||||
Observations with missing data on one or more variables were dropped from regression analyses
For regression analyses, recruitment through social media was grouped with recruitment through other websites/apps and used as the referent category.