Factors associated with having a new STI diagnosis* among CEE patients attending two GUM clinics in London
| n | % | p Value | Crude OR (95% CI) | p Value | Adjusted OR† (95% CI) | p Value | |
| All | 165 | 13.5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Gender | |||||||
| Female | 92 | 10.9 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Male | 73 | 19.2 | <0.001 | 1.94 (1.39 to 2.71) | <0.001 | 2.06 (1.38 to 3.10) | <0.001 |
| Age, years | |||||||
| 25 and over | 100 | 11.7 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Under 25 | 65 | 17.7 | 0.005 | 1.62 (1.16 to 2.28) | 0.005 | 1.85 (1.30 to 2.63) | 0.001 |
| Country of birth | |||||||
| A8 | 128 | 12.6 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| A2 | 37 | 17.5 | 0.057 | 1.47 (0.99 to 2.20) | 0.058 | 1.37 (0.91 to 2.06) | 0.136 |
| Recorded as homosexual or bisexual | |||||||
| Not homo/bisexual | 133 | 12.6 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Homo/bisexual | 32 | 18.8 | 0.028 | 1.61 (1.05 to 2.46) | 0.029 | 1.08 (0.65 to 1.79) | 0.780 |
↵* Sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnoses include syphilis; gonorrhoea; chlamydia; herpes simplex virus (first attack); genital warts (first attack); trichomonas, uncomplicated non-gonococcal/non-specific urethritis; and complicated non-specific infection (non-chlamydial/non-gonococcal) including pelvic inflammatory disease and epididymitis.
↵† Adjusting for the other variables listed in this table.
CEE, central and eastern European; GUM, genitourinary medicine.