title: Smoking as a risk factor for STI diagnosis among African American females.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the relationship of smoking to sexual risk outcomes among African American adolescent females.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed baseline data from an HIV intervention trial, including sexual risk (older sex partners, number of vaginal sex partners, sex while  high on drugs/alcohol, STI diagnosis) and smoking status among 715 participants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Smoking prevalence was 23.1%. Controlling for covariates, smoking predicted having older partners (P=.001), having sex while high on alcohol or drugs (P<.001), and STI diagnosis (P=.046), after  including other sexual risk outcomes in the model.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Smoking is an independent risk factor for sexual risk behaviors and STI diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Atlanta, GA, USA. cjberg@emory.edu
authors.forename: Carla J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: Julia E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Painter
authors.forename: Jessica M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sales
authors.forename: Darren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mays
authors.forename: Eve
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: Gina M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Wingood
authors.forename: Ralph J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Diclemente
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult