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Sex Transm Infect 80:374-376 doi:10.1136/sti.2003.009068
  • Epidemiology

Declining prevalence of STI in the London sex industry, 1985 to 2002

Table 3

 Case-control study: crude and adjusted odds ratios for risk of having an infection (one or more of gonorrhoea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, first episode genital herpes, first episode genital warts, infectious syphilis) at first visit

Univariate p Value Multivariate p Value
Odds ratio (95% CI) Odds ratio (95% CI)
Age (years) 0.91 (0.87 to 0.95) <0.001 0.95 (0.82 to 1.11) NS
Age first sex work (years) 0.92 (0.87 to 0.97) 0.001 0.95 (0.81 to 1.10) NS
Time in sex work (years) 0.94 (0.88 to 1.00) 0.06 0.95 (0.78 to 1.14) NS
Any unprotected vaginal sex with boyfriend 2.28 (0.94 to 5.53) 0.07 1.54 (0.60 to 3.97) NS
Any unprotected vaginal sex with clients 2.10 (0.97 to 4.54) 0.06 4.42 (1.51 to 12.95) 0.007

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