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Table 2 Substance use factors associated with being sexually active (n = 856)

From: Sexual behaviour, sexually transmitted infections and attitudes to chlamydia testing among a unique national sample of young Australians: baseline data from a randomised controlled trial

 

Sexually active (n = 704)

Not sexually active (n = 152)

Odds ratio (95% CI)*

P value

Smoking regularly

29.0%

2.7%

15.1 (5.5, 41.6)

<0.0001

Drinking alcohol ever

93.8%

63.8%

6.6 (4.1, 10.7)

<0.0001

Drinking > once/week

49.0%

12.5%

4.9 (2.9, 8.3)

<0.0001

Binge drinking

58.4%

17.1%

6.2 (3.9, 9.9)

<0.0001

Marijuana in last 30 days

19.2%

5.3%

5.0 (2.3, 10.6)

<0.0001

Illicit drugs last 30 days

12.9%

1.3%

11.1 (2.6, 46.0)

0.001

  1. *Adjusted for age and gender.