Table 5

Independent risk factors predicting HAV seropositivity

p Value
Variables entered in a forward conditional logistic regression analysis with separate modeling for each group.
*Variables also included in the model but not significant: sexual orientation, past history of gonorrhoea, born in the UK.
†Variables also included in the model but not significant: past history of gonorrhoea, history of travel outside UK or western Europe, born in the UK, no of active anal sex partners ever.
‡Variables also included in the model but not significant: past history of gonorrhoea, history of travel outside UK or western Europe.
All subjects*
    Ethnicity<0.001
    Age<0.001
    History of travel outside UK, W Europe, N America, Australia0.046
Homosexual men†
    Ethnicity0.007
    Age0.002
    History of sex in sauna0.025
Heterosexual men‡
    Ethnicity0.017
    Age0.001
    Born outside the UK0.03