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Table 4 Associations between substance use practices and unprotected sex within all partnerships*1 reported by 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 = 396

 

IDUs = 331

 

Non-IDUS = 65

 
 

Partnerships = 681

 

Partnerships = 541

 

Partnerships = 140

 
 

uOR

aOR*5

uOR

aOR*5

uOR

aOR*5

Male

1.0 (0.7-1.5)

 

1.0 (0.6-1.5)

 

1.2 (0.5-2.9)

 

HIV

1.1 (0.7-1.8)

 

1.2 (0.7-1.9)

 

3.0 (0.2-52.0)

 

Log age

2.1 (0.9-4.8)*

 

1.5 (0.6-4.1)

 

6.1 (1.2-30.4)**

6.1 (1.2-30.4)**

Married/partnered

2.5 (1.7-3.7)***

1.9 (1.2-2.9)***

2.7 (1.7-4.2)***

1.9 (1.2-3.1)***

1.8 (0.7-4.9)

 

Any casual partner

0.5 (0.4-0.7)***

0.5 (0.4-0.7)***

0.5 (0.3-0.7)***

0.5 (0.3-0.7)***

0.6 (0.3-1.1)*

 

Injection drug use last 6 months

0.9 (0.5-1.4)

 

-

 

-

 

Meth use, injected or not, last 30 days *2

1.7 (1.0-2.8)**

1.8 (1.1-3.2)**

1.7 (1.0-3.0)*

1.9 (1.0-3.5)**

1.6 (0.4-6.5)

 

Injected > 20 times/month

-

 

1.0 (0.6-1.5)

 

-

 

Unsafe injection last 30 days

-

 

2.0 (1.2-3.3)***

1.8 (1.0-3.2)**

-

 

Risky alcohol use*3

1.0 (0.7-1.6)

 

0.9 (0.6-1.4)

 

3.0 (0.8-10.8)*

 

Had sex when high on drugs or alcohol*4

2.4 (1.8-3.4)***

2.2 (1.6-3.1)***

3.1 (2.1-4.5)***

2.5 (1.7-3.7)***

1.2 (0.5-2.9)

 
  1. * p< = 0.2
  2. ** p < = 0.05
  3. *** p < = 0.01
  4. *1 in GEE analysis limited to sexual partnerships reported by IDUs and non-IDUs
  5. *2 99% of methamphetamine use was in the form of injection among IDUs
  6. *3 determined by an at-risk AUDIT-C score
  7. *4 had sex while participant or partner or both were drunk or high
  8. *5 also controlled for education, employment, homelessness, incarceration, living with family and having legal income. These variables were not significant