Increase in condom use and decline in prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among high-risk men who have sex with men and transgender persons in Maharashtra, India: Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative

Table 5 Association between condom use (during last sex act and consistent condom use) and exposure to various components of the Avahan program intervention in rounds 1 and 2 of IBBA, according to different types of male partners, Maharashtra, India ^{a, b}

Variables		Percentages		Odds ratios
Variables		Exposed to Avahan intervention	Not exposed to Avahan intervention	Unadjusted models odds ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted models^codds ratio (95% CI)
Condom use during the last sex act	With regular male partner	80.9	76.9	1.27 (0.68 – 2.38)	1.17 (0.64 – 2.14)
	With paying male partner	89.3	88.0	1.13 (0.53 – 2.44)	0.75 (0.39 – 1.43)
	With paid male/hijra partner	83.8	75.5	1.68 (0.58 – 4.86)	2.34 (0.60 – 9.11)
	With other non-commercial male/hijra partner	79.5	84.0	0.74 (0.35 – 1.57)	0.73 (0.36 – 1.50)
Consistent condom use	With regular male partner(s)	74.2	57.5	2.68 (1.36 – 5.29)**	2.46 (1.34 – 4.52)**
	With paid male/hijra partner(s)	76.5	63.4	1.89 (0.81 – 4.38)	3.15 (1.37 – 7.25)**
	With other non-commercial male/hijra partner(s)	73.9	50.1	2.82 (1.25 – 6.36)*	3.41 (1.56 – 7.50)**

^a = The estimates shown here are weighted estimates.
^b = The reference for each of the estimate is not being exposed to that particular component of the program. Thus, for consistent condom use with a regular male partner, the interpretation will be as follows: subjects who were exposed to Avahan program were more likely to report consistent condom use with a regular male partner compared with those who were not contacted by the peer (adjusted OR: 2.46, 95% CI: 1.34 – 4.52).
^c = The models were adjusted for district of interview, self-reported sexual identity, current age, literacy, place of residence, sex outside place of residence, and main source of income.
* = p < 0.05, ** = p < 0.01.

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