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Table 1 Characteristics of individuals with rectal STI and HIV infections among a cohort of Atlanta-area MSM

From: An application of propensity score weighting to quantify the causal effect of rectal sexually transmitted infections on incident HIV among men who have sex with men

 

Incident rectal STI

 

Incident HIV

 
 

Yes (n = 79)

No (n = 473)

 

Yes (n = 26)

No (n = 526)

 
 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

OR1(95% CI)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

OR1(95% CI)

Age at diagnosis

25.0 (22.1, 28.5)

28.1 (24.4, 33.9)

0.7 (0.5, 0.8)

24.6 (22.5, 28.8)

27.6 (24.3, 33.5)

0.6 (0.4, 1.0)

Poverty

18.2 (9.9, 29.7)

13.8 (8.8, 25.9)

1.1 (1.0, 1.1)

18.8 (10.5, 29.7)

13.9 (8.8, 26.3)

1.1 (0.9, 1.2)

 

N (%)

N (%)

OR 2 (95% CI)

N (%)

N (%)

OR 2 (95% CI)

Black race

49 (62)

202 (43)

2.2 (1.3, 3.6)

19 (73)

232 (44)

3.4 (1.4, 8.3)

Ever reporting RAI

67 (85)

326 (69)

2.5 (1.3, 4.8)

21 (81)

372 (71)

1.7 (0.6, 4.7)

Drug use

46 (58)

254 (54)

1.2 (0.7, 1.9)

13 (50)

287 (55)

0.8 (0.4, 1.8)

Black partners3

41 (52)

182 (38)

1.7 (1.1, 2.8)

16 (62)

202 (38)

2.6 (1.1, 5.8)

Reported UAI3

59 (75)

303 (64)

1.7 (1.0, 2.8)

21 (81)

341 (65)

2.3 (0.8, 6.1)

Non-rectal STI diagnosis4

18 (23)

34 (7)

3.8 (2.0, 7.2)

0 (0)

52 (10)

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  1. 1Unadjusted OR for a five unit increase in the given variable.
  2. 2Unadjusted OR for the given variable.
  3. 3In the interval of diagnosis/censoring.
  4. 4Urethral GC, urethral CT or syphilis.