Genitourinary medicine
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Genitourinary medicine · Oct 1997
Sexual relationships, risk behaviour, and condom use in the spread of sexually transmitted infections to heterosexual men.
To examine the effect of patient defined non-regular sexual relationships and other risk behaviours on the incidence of sexually transmitted infections in heterosexual men and the role of condom use in the prevention of their spread. ⋯ Heterosexual men who reported non-regular sexual relationships compensated for their increased risk lifestyle by using condoms more frequently and showed only an increased incidence of chlamydial infection. More consistent condom use with regular partners was significantly associated with the absence of sexually transmitted infection. These findings suggest that transmission between regular partners has been underestimated.