Risk factors for HSV2*
| Risk factor | Men | Women | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk factor | Positive/total | % positive | Crude OR (95% CI)† | Positive/total | % positive | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI)‡ | |
| *Only those variables that were significant (p<0.05) for one or other of the sexes are shown. | ||||||||
| †Because of the lower number of infections among men it was only possible to fit a logistic regression model for women. | ||||||||
| ‡Adjusted for the other two variables that were included in the final model. | ||||||||
| §Participants who had had sex. | ||||||||
| Age | ||||||||
| 15–19 | 5/191 | 2.6 | 1 | 12/154 | 7.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| 20–24 | 3/104 | 2.9 | 1.1 (0.26, 4.72) | 32/153 | 21.0 | 3.13 (1.54, 6.34) | 1.5 (0.64, 3.82) | |
| 25–29 | 4/75 | 5.3 | 2.1 (0.55, 8.03) | 63/151 | 41.7 | 8.47 (4.33, 16.59) | 3.99 (1.64, 9.72) | |
| 30–34 | 10/61 | 16.4 | 7.29 (2.39, 22.3) | 57/117 | 48.7 | 11.24 (5.63, 22.45) | 4.85 (1.93, 12.19) | |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Monogamous | } | 63/196 | 32.1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Polygamous | } | 12/78 | 15.0 | 1 | 87/234 | 37.2 | 1.25 (0.82, 1.9) | 1.19 (0.75, 1.87) |
| Single | 10/351 | 3.0 | 0.16 (0.07, 0.39) | 7/129 | 5.4 | 0.12 (0.05, 0.29) | 0.29 (0.09, 0.95) | |
| Wid/div | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 7/16 | 43.8 | 1.64 (0.52, 5.1) | 2.15 (0.66, 6.97) | |
| Ethnic group | ||||||||
| Jola | 16/294 | 5.4 | 1 | 122/350 | 34.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mandinka | 2/66 | 3.0 | 0.54 (0.12, 2.42) | 17/91 | 18.7 | 0.42 (0.24, 0.76) | 0.31 (0.13, 0.74) | |
| Fula | 1/29 | 3.5 | 0.62 (0.08, 4.86) | 15/49 | 31.9 | 0.88 (0.46, 1.68) | 0.64 (0.27, 1.55) | |
| Other | 3/43 | 7.0 | 1.3 (0.36, 4.76) | 10/87 | 11.5 | 0.24 (0.12, 0.49) | 0.23 (0.08, 0.61) | |
| Education | ||||||||
| None | 4/53 | 7.6 | 1 | 109/328 | 33.2 | 1 | ||
| Islamic | 6/158 | 3.8 | 0.48 (0.13, 1.78) | 26/111 | 23.4 | 0.61 (0.37, 1.0) | ||
| Formal | 12/220 | 5.5 | 0.71 (0.22, 2.29) | 29/136 | 21.3 | 0.54 (0.34, 0.87) | ||
| Currently attending school | ||||||||
| No | 18/274 | 6.6 | 1 | 159/497 | 32.0 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 4/158 | 2.5 | 0.37 (0.12, 1.11) | 5/78 | 6.4 | 0.15 (0.06, 0.37) | ||
| Initiation ceremony in past year | ||||||||
| Not attended | 9/199 | 4.5 | 1 | 74/301 | 24.6 | 1 | ||
| Attended | 5/81 | 6.2 | 1.38 (0.45, 4.28) | 8/49 | 16.3 | 0.6 (0.27, 1.33) | ||
| Stayed overnight | 8/151 | 5.3 | 1.18 (0.44, 3.14) | 82/225 | 36.4 | 1.76 (1.26, 2.57) | ||
| Sex before age 15 (but sexually active) | ||||||||
| No | 7/124 | 5.7 | 1 | 62/199 | 31.2 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 6/61 | 9.8 | 1.82 (0.51, 6.41) | 55/177 | 31.1 | 1 (0.63, 1.58) | ||
| No answer | 4/74 | 5.4 | 0.96 (0.23, 3.81) | 41/96 | 42.7 | 1.65 (0.97, 2.81) | ||
| Sex before marriage | ||||||||
| No | 12/218 | 5.5 | 1 | 148/478 | 31.1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 10/213 | 4.7 | 0.85 (0.36, 2.0) | 14/67 | 20.9 | 0.59 (0.32, 1.09) | ||
| Fathered (M) or been pregnant (F) | ||||||||
| No | 11/354 | 3.1 | 1 | 14/124 | 11.3 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 11/77 | 14.3 | 5.2 (2.16, 12.48) | 147/420 | 35.0 | 4.23 (2.34, 7.64) | ||
| Sex in past month§ | ||||||||
| No | 6/186 | 3.0 | 1 | 45/156 | 19.7 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 11/72 | 15.3 | 5.47 (1.77, 17.46) | 112/313 | 35.8 | 1..37 (0.89, 2.13) | ||