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Table 5 Intimate relationship characteristics associated with UAI with non-regular male sex partners in the past six months

From: Intimate relationship characteristics as determinants of HIV risk among men who have sex with regular male sex partners: a cross-sectional study in Guangzhou, China

Factors

UAI with non-regular male sex partners

Row% (n/n1)

OR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

ORm (95% CI)

Had multiple RP in the past six months

 No

20.4 (56/274)

1

1

 

 Yes

30.3 (40/132)

1.69 (1.05,2.72)*

1.63 (1.00,2.66)*

NS

Expectation for this relationship

 Length of the relationship

   < 6 month

25.0 (53/212)

1

1

 

   ≥ 6 month

22.2 (43/194)

0.85 (0.54,1.35)

0.90 (0.55,1.46)

–

 Believed this was a serious relationship

  No

28.0 (51/182)

1

1

 

  Yes

20.1 (45/224)

0.65 (0.41,1.02)†

0.67 (0.42,1.07)†

NS

 Perceived that this relationship would continue for a long time

  No

34.5 (29/84)

1

1

 

  Yes

20.8 (67/322)

0.50 (0.30,0.84)**2

0.55 (0.32,0.95)*

0.56 (0.32,0.97)*

Conflict of interest

 Exchanged money or materials to maintain this sexual relationship

  No

22.9 (91/398)

1

1

 

  Yes

62.5 (5/8)

5.62 (1.32,23.98)*

5.76 (1.27,26.14)*

5.61 (1.22,25.74)*

The dependence model

 Invested more emotion in this regular relationship

  No

21.5 (57/265)

1

1

 

  Yes

27.7 (39/141)

1.40 (0.87,2.24)

1.48 (0.92,2.40)

–

 Your RP is dominant in this relationship

  No

23.6 (73/310)

1

1

 

  Yes

24.0 (23/96)

1.02 (0.60,1.75)

1.09 (0.62,1.91)

–

Open communication on sexual relationship

 Openly discussed being monogamous in this relationship

  No

26.3 (65/247)

1

1

 

  Yes

19.5 (31/159)

0.68 (0.42,1.10)

0.69 (0.42,1.13)

–

 Openly discussed a sexual agreement or requirement to use condoms when having sex with other partners

  No

28.0 (54/193)

1

1

 

  Yes

19.7 (42/213)

0.63 (0.40,1.00)†

0.66 (0.41,1.06)†

NS

  1. †p < 0.10, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01
  2. AOR Adjusted odds ratio in multivariate logistic regression, OR m Adjusted odds ratio in multiple forward stepwise regression
  3. AOR and ORm were calculated after adjusting for confounders, and confounders including age (as a continuous variable), marital status (currently married or not), Guangzhou permanent resident (Yes or No), education level (higher than post-secondary education level or not), sexual orientation (bisexual/uncertain, or homosexual), and duration being MSM (less than five years, five years/ longer than five years), recruitment via Internet (Yes or No)
  4. n1: n1 actually is the n in Table 3, to distinguish the n in Tables 4, 5, 6, we use n1 to represent the n of Table 3
  5. NS: Variables with p < 0.10 in multivariate logistic regression, but were not significant in multiple forward stepwise logistic regression