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Results: Multivariate analyses revealed that males were 86% less likely to have had STI compared with females (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.14; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.06\u20130.31). Blacks were almost four times more likely (AOR = 3.71; 95% CI = 1.80\u20137.63) and other races were over two times more likely (AOR = 2.25; 95% CI = 1.08\u20134.67) to have had STI compared with whites. For every one unit increase in the number of times youth ran away, there was a 3% increase in the likelihood of ever having had an STI (AOR = 1.03; 95% CI = 1.01\u20131.06). For every one unit increase in frequency of condom use there was a 61% decrease in the likelihood of an STI (AOR = 1.39; 95% CI = 1.10\u20131.76). Finally, youth who traded sex were approximately 2.5 times more likely to have had STI compared with youth who did not trade sex (AOR = 2.36; 95% CI = 1.04\u20135.34). None of the remaining correlates approached multivariate significance. 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