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Table 1 Factors associated with providing urine among those who had sexual intercourse

From: Urine-based testing for Chlamydia trachomatis among young adults in a population-based survey in Croatia: Feasibility and prevalence

 

Provided

urine (%)

Base

Unadjusted ORa

(95% CI)

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

Total

32.5

861

  

Gender

  

p = 0.003

p = 0.004

Male

27.9

445

1.0

1.0

Female

37.5

416

1.55 (1.17-2.07)

1.53 (1.14-2.06)

Age

  

p = 0.044

p = 0.160

18-21

29.0

393

1.0

1.0

22-25

35.5

468

1.35 (1.00-1.80)

1.24 (0.92-1.67)

Self-estimated socio-economic status

  

p = 0.132

p = 0.074

Better than/equal to the others

31.9

832

1.0

1.0

Worse than the others

48.3

29

1.99 (0.94-4.17)

2.01 (0.93-4.31)

Lived with both parents until 18 years of age

  

p = 0.142

p = 0.252

Yes

31.8

746

1.0

1.0

No

38.9

108

1.37 (0.90-2.07)

1.29 (0.84-1.98)

Got information about HIV/AIDS at school

  

p = 0.170

p = 0.112

No

22.5

40

1.0

1.0

Yes

33.0

821

1.70 (0.80-3.62)

1.88 (0.86-4.1)

Age of first sexual intercourse

  

p = 0.273

 

≤16

30.4

306

1.0

 

≥17

34.1

546

1.18 (0.88-1.60)

 

Number of partners in the past 12 months

  

p = 0.879

 

0-1

32.2

549

1.0

 

≥2

32.8

290

1.02 (0.76-1.39)

 

Lifetime number of partners

  

p = 0.800

 

0-1

30.8

185

1.0

 

2-3

33.2

244

1.12 (0.74-1.68)

 

≥4

33.6

393

1.14 (0.78-1.65)

 

Used condom at last intercourse

  

p < 0.0001

p < 0.0001

Yes

24.8

407

1.0

1.0

No

39.4

454

1.97 (1.47-2.64)

1.95 (1.44-2.62)

Concurrent partnerships ever

  

p = 0.373

 

No

33.5

656

1.0

 

Yes

30.2

199

0.86 (0.61-1.21)

 
  1. a OR = odds ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval
  2. b p-values represent significance test for heterogeneity across the variable