Dual Epidemics of Club Drug Use and Sexually Transmitted Infections among Chinese Female Sex Workers: New Challenges to STI Prevention

Table 3

Factors associated with sexually transmitted infection among FSWs in China ().

Characteristics	STI positive	Univariate analysis	Multivariate analysis
	(%)	OR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Total	362 (22.6)
Study site
Guangzhou	111 (31.2)	3.3 (2.2, 4.9)	2.9 (1.8, 4.5)
Hangzhou	83 (26.9)	2.7 (1.8, 4.0)	2.5 (1.6, 3.8)
Changchun	42 (12.1)	1.0	1.0
Lanzhou	67 (19.2)	1.7 (1.1, 2.6)	2.0 (1.3, 3.1)
Wuhan	59 (24.3)	2.3 (1.5, 3.6)	2.2 (1.4, 3.4)
Venue type
Hotel	42 (25.5)	1.8 (1.2, 2.7)	1.1 (0.7, 1.8)
Night clubs/KaraOK	111 (24.7)	1.7 (1.2, 2.3)	1.2 (0.9, 1.7)
Saunas	93 (16.2)	1.0	1.0
Hair salons/rental houses	116 (27.9)	2.0 (1.5, 2.7)	1.8 (1.3, 2.5)
Age group (years)
16–20	106 (31.2)	2.0 (1.4, 2.8)	1.6 (1.1, 2.4)
21–29	197 (20.7)	1.1 (0.8, 1.6)	1.1 (0.8, 1.5)
30–48	59 (18.8)	1.0	1.0
Ethnicity
Han	343 (22.7)	1.1 (0.7, 1.8)
Minority	19 (21.1)	1.0
Marital status
Never married	247 (25.1)	1.5 (1.1, 1.9)
Ever married	115 (18.6)	1.0
Education level
≤primary school	45 (26.5)	1.8 (1.2, 2.7)	1.7 (1.1, 2.6)
Middle school	229 (25.0)	1.6 (1.2, 2.2)	1.6 (1.2, 2.2)
≥high school	88 (17.0)	1.0	1.0
Used club drugs in the past 12 months
Yes	39 (33.1)	1.8 (1.2, 2.7)	1.3 (0.8, 2.0)
No	323 (21.7)	1.0	1.0
Consistent condom use with clients last month
Yes	201 (23.7)	1.2 (0.9, 1.5)
No	161 (21.3)	1.0

OR, odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; STI, sexually transmitted infection.