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Table 3 Predictors of sexual risk behaviour in males

From: Predictors of sexual risk behaviour among adolescents from welfare institutions in Malaysia: a cross sectional study

Variable

Multivariate modelling

 

B

OR

P

95%CI

Tobacco use

    

Yes

2.33

1.48

<0.0001

1.22-1.80

No

 

1.00

 

Ref

Alcohol use

    

Yes

0.92

2.50

0.004

1.35-4.63

No

 

1.00

 

Ref

Illicit drug use

    

Yes

0.86

2.37

0.006

1.28-4.39

No

 

1.00

 

Ref

  1. The sample size included in the logistic regression is less than the total sample of 483 due to missing data for some variables. Other variables entered: age, race, family structure, family connectedness, parental monitoring, peer pressure and pubertal onset. Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit chi square = 3.53 (df = 8), p = 0.90.
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