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Table 4 Relationship between each selected alcohol consumption indicator and each risky sexual behaviour among traders in a multivariate logistic regression

From: Alcohol consumption and risky sexual behaviour in the fishing communities: evidence from two fish landing sites on Lake Victoria in Uganda

Alcohol consumption patterns

Risky sexual behaviour

Had more than 1 sexual partner in past 12 months OR(95%CI)

Had transactional sex in past 12 months- OR(95%CI)

Never used/inconsistently used condom in non-spousal relationship OR(95%CI)

Had sex with non-regular partner at last sex OR(95%CI)

Taken alcohol in past 12 months (base=Never)

Once a month

5.53(1.83-16.67)**

2.91 (0.81-10.43)

0.36(0.00-50.39)

0.05(0.00-1.39)

2-4 times a month

9.01(2.22-36.49)**

1.70(0.38-7.64)

0.10(0.00-2.18)

0.38(0.03-4.49)

2+ times a week

4.79(1.48-15.50)**

8.35(2.20-31.68)**

0.76(0.03-22.82)

3.12(0.65-14.91)

AUDIT Score a (base=1-7)

8-15

12.71(3.63-44.43)***

7.77(2.98-20.30)***

0.66(0.04-9.79)

2.12(0.62-7.18)

16+

8.00(1.54-44.51)*

10.31(2.69-39.50)**

0.43(0.02-11.79)

13.39(2.70-66.47)**

Got drunk in past 30 days - (Base=No)

Yes

18.22(6.24-53.24)***

11.45(4.56-28.73)***

1.33(0.08-21.42)

5.12(1.23-21.16)*

Length of time of drinking (Base 0–2)

3-4 hours

4.88(0.97-24.65)

2.58(0.67-9.86)

1.87(0.27-13.03)

1.27(0.24-6.46)

5+ hours

3.40(0.46-25.01)

8.07(1.97-33.00)**

2.85(0.20-41.06)

3.47(0.66-18.19)

Days of drinking (base=Weekends only)

Any day

3.13(1.12-8.75)*

1.19(0.41-3.45)

0.29(0.05-1.79)

0.76(0.20-2.91)

Time for start of drinking (specific time)

Anytime

2.28(0.45-10.93)

6.93(1.40-34.30)*

0.52(0.08-3.54)

1.93(0.47-7.88)

  1. tThe AUDIT score is based on 9 of 10 questions. *=p<0.05 **= p<0.01 ***= p<0.001.