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Associations of Body Mass Index with Sexual Risk-Taking and Injection Drug Use among US High School Students
- Source :
- Journal of Obesity, Journal of Obesity, Vol 2014 (2014)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014.
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Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to determine if body mass index (BMI) is associated with behaviors that may increase risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among US high school students. We analyzed nationally representative data from the 2005–2011 national Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS) to examine associations of BMI categories with sexual risk behaviors and injection drug use among sexually active high school students, using sex-stratified logistic regression models. Controlling for race/ethnicity and grade, among female and male students, both underweight (BMI < 5th percentile) and obesity (BMI ≥ 95th percentile) were associated with decreased odds of being currently sexually active (i.e., having had sexual intercourse during the past 3 months). However, among sexually active female students, obese females were more likely than normal weight females to have had 4 or more sex partners (odds ratio, OR = 1.59), not used a condom at last sexual intercourse (OR = 1.30), and injected illegal drugs (OR = 1.98). Among sexually active male students, overweight (85th percentile ≤ BMI < 95th percentile) was associated with not using a condom at last sexual intercourse (OR = 1.19) and obesity was associated with injection drug use (OR = 1.42). Among sexually active students, overweight and obesity may be indicators of increased risk for HIV and other STDs.
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
Sexually transmitted disease
Male
lcsh:Internal medicine
Article Subject
Adolescent
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Sexual Behavior
education
Overweight
law.invention
Body Mass Index
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Risk-Taking
Condom
Social Desirability
Thinness
law
Medicine
Humans
lcsh:RC31-1245
Students
Substance Abuse, Intravenous
business.industry
Odds ratio
Self Concept
United States
Sexual intercourse
Sexual abuse
Adolescent Behavior
Female
medicine.symptom
Underweight
business
Body mass index
Demography
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20900716 and 20900708
- Volume :
- 2014
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Obesity
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a9bb2fb27dd17557a21102b7e955b72f