Predictor | Lifetime number of sexual partners in men (adjusted OR (95% CI))† | ||
2–4 (n=786)‡ | 5–9 (n=491) | ≥10 (n=486) | |
Age | 0.96 (0.95 to 0.97)*** | 0.94 (0.92 to 0.95)*** | 0.92 (0.91 to 0.94)*** |
Partnership status§ | |||
Separated/divorced | 4.95 (2.65 to 9.24)*** | 12.97 (6.98 to 24.08)*** | 20.18 (10.94 to 37.21)*** |
Widowed | 1.83 (1.23 to 2.73)** | 1.38 (0.80 to 2.39) | 1.47 (0.81 to 2.67) |
Single/never married | 1.23 (0.77 to 1.95) | 1.69 (1.05 to 2.74)* | 2.59 (1.65 to 4.07)*** |
Sexual orientation¶ | |||
Bisexual | 0.99 (0.55 to 1.77) | 0.88 (0.46 to 1.67) | 1.29 (0.71 to 2.36) |
Homosexual | 1.24 (0.21 to 7.46) | 0.80 (0.10 to 6.50) | 11.55 (2.55 to 52.38)** |
Non-white ethnicity†† | 1.03 (0.67 to 1.59) | 1.12 (0.69 to 1.82) | 0.85 (0.50 to 1.46) |
Wealth quintile‡‡ | |||
2 | 0.68 (0.46 to 0.99)* | 0.63 (0.41 to 0.97)* | 0.41 (0.27 to 0.62)*** |
3 | 0.94 (0.64 to 1.37) | 0.81 (0.52 to 1.26) | 0.50 (0.32 to 0.77)** |
4 | 0.96 (0.65 to 1.41) | 1.05 (0.68 to 1.62) | 0.60 (0.39 to 0.94)* |
5 (richest) | 0.82 (0.55 to 1.23) | 1.21 (0.77 to 1.90) | 0.94 (0.60 to 1.45) |
Smoking status§§ | |||
Former smoker | 0.54 (0.35 to 0.82)** | 1.16 (0.77 to 1.74) | 1.48 (0.99 to 2.22) |
Current smoker | 0.87 (0.60 to 1.26) | 1.93 (1.33 to 2.80)** | 2.13 (1.46 to 3.11)*** |
Alcohol intake¶¶ | |||
Regularly | 1.10 (0.81 to 1.48) | 1.51 (1.04 to 2.18)* | 1.97 (1.33 to 2.92)** |
Frequently | 1.34 (0.98 to 1.83) | 2.32 (1.58 to 3.39)*** | 3.25 (2.17 to 4.88)*** |
Physical activity††† | |||
Moderately active at least once a week | 1.02 (0.76 to 1.37) | 1.28 (0.90 to 1.82) | 0.74 (0.52 to 1.05) |
Vigorously active at least once a week | 1.30 (0.94 to 1.80) | 1.59 (1.08 to 2.35)* | 1.14 (0.78 to 1.67) |
Limiting long-standing illness | 0.84 (0.66 to 1.08) | 1.16 (0.88 to 1.54) | 1.13 (0.84 to 1.51) |
All figures are weighted for sampling probabilities and differential non-response.
*P<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
†Multivariable multinomial logistic regression was performed. 0–1 sexual partners was the reference group in all analyses (n=775).
‡Unweighted sample sizes. Models were performed on complete cases and as such the analysed sample number differs from the number included in the bivariate analyses.
§Reference category: married/cohabiting.
¶Reference category: heterosexual.
††Reference category: white.
‡‡Reference category: 1 (poorest).
§§Reference category: never smoker.
¶¶Reference category: never/rarely.
†††Reference category: inactive.