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Table 2 Associations between substance use practices and having multiple sex partners for IDUs and non-IDUs

From: Comparing sexual risks and patterns of alcohol and drug use between injection drug users (IDUs) and non-IDUs who report sexual partnerships with IDUs in St. Petersburg, Russia

 

All participants

N = 396

IDUs

n = 331

Non-IDUS

n = 65

 

uOR

aOR*4

uOR

aOR*4

uOR

aOR*4

Male

0.7 (0.5-1.1)*

 

0.8 (0.5-1.3)

 

1.1 (0.4-3.3)

 

HIV

0.8 (0.5-1.3)

 

1.0 (0.6-1.6)

 

0.5 (0.03-7.8)

 

Log age

0.9 (0.4-2.2)

 

0.7 (0.3-2.2)

 

7.2 (0.8-68.5)*

 

Married/partnered

0.8 (0.5-1.2)

 

0.8 (0.5-1.3)

 

1.3 (0.4-4.8)

 

Injection drug use last 6 months

0.4 (0.2-0.6)***

0.3 (0.2-0.5)***

-

 

-

 

Meth use, injected or not, last 30 days *1

1.7 (1.0-3.0)**

1.8 (1.1-3.1)**

2.0 (1.1-3.5)**

1.9 (1.0-3.3)**

1.2 (0.2-7.0)

 

Injected > 20 times/month

-

 

0.9 (0.6-1.5)

 

-

 

Unsafe injection last 30 days

-

 

1.1 (0.6-1.8)

 

-

 

Risky alcohol use*2

1.6 (1.0-2.4)**

 

1.3 (0.8-2.1)

 

3.2 (2.7-34.1)*

5.1 (0.9-30.1)*

Had sex when high on drugs or alcohol*3

2.0 (1.3-3.1)***

2.4 (1.5-3.8)***

1.8 (1.1-3.0)**

1.8 (1.1-3.0)**

9.5 (2.7-34.1)***

10.7 (2.6-43.9)***

  1. * p< = 0.2
  2. ** p < = 0.05
  3. *** p < = 0.01
  4. *1 99% of methamphetamine use was in the form of injection among IDUs
  5. *2 determined by an at-risk AUDIT-C score
  6. *3 had sex while participant or partner or both were drunk or high
  7. *4 also controlled for education, employment, homelessness, incarceration, living with family and having legal income. These variables were not significant