Associations between number of lifetime partners and other health behaviors.
OBJECTIVE
To examine associations between health behaviors and lifetime sexual partners among college students.


METHODS
Data from the 1995 National College Health Risk Behavior Survey were analyzed.


RESULTS
After adjusting for age, sex, and race, having 2 or more lifetime sexual partners was associated with infrequently using seat belts, driving after drinking, having a physical fight, considering suicide, and using chewing tobacco and marijuana. Significant sex interactions occurred with cigarette smoking and fruit and vegetable consumption, and significant age interactions occurred with binge drinking.


CONCLUSIONS
Having multiple lifetime sexual partners (> or = 2) was associated with several negative health behaviors.
Ogletree
R J
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Department of Health Education and Recreation, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 62901, USA. bobbie@siu.edu
Dinger
M K
MK
Vesely
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D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012737:Sex Factors; D012747:Sexual Partners; D013334:Students