Level of HIV seroprevalence as a function of living in places with various levels of community risk by sex, with crude and adjusted odds ratios from logistic regression models* of the likelihood of being HIV positive, Kisesa, 1994–5
| Men (n=2271) | Women (n=2752) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number assessed | Percentage seropositive | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | Number assessed | Percentage seropositive | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | |
| Type of subvillage re: social/economic activity | ||||||||
| Rural sparse | 1289 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1447 | 4.8 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Rural small | 307 | 4.6 | 1.32 (0.56 to 3.11) | 1.45 (0.52 to 4.04) | 333 | 6.6 | 1.41 (0.88 to 2.27) | 1.17 (0.70 to 1.95) |
| Peritrading cenre | 311 | 8.0 | 2.42 (1.49 to 3.91) | 2.18 (1.23 to 3.84) | 373 | 9.1 | 2.00 (1.33 to 3.03) | 1.63 (1.04 to 2.42) |
| Trading centre | 364 | 13.7 | 4.40 (2.98 to 6.50) | 4.71 (2.57 to 8.63) | 599 | 13.5 | 3.12 (1.96 to 4.97) | 1.92 (1.06 to 3.48) |
| Ratio of bar workers in subvillage to total male population (18–59) of Kisesa ward | ||||||||
| Low (0–2/100 males) | 1384 | 3.6 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1552 | 5.1 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Moderate (3–5/100 males) | 415 | 7.7 | 2.23 (1.43 to 3.48) | 2.05 (1.20 to 3.52) | 479 | 8.6 | 1.74 (1.21 to 2.52) | 1.67 (1.21 to 2.28) |
| High (6–8/100 males) | 472 | 11.0 | 3.30 (1.78 to 6.14) | 2.95 (1.31 to 6.67) | 721 | 11.9 | 2.53 (1.45 to 4.40) | 1.59 (0.85 to 2.94) |
| Mobility of subvillage population: proportion of people in current household <5 years | ||||||||
| Low (<10%) | 838 | 3.6 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 950 | 4.8 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Moderate (11–19%) | 1061 | 5.8 | 1.64 (0.88 to 3.07) | 1.55 (0.82 to 2.95) | 1206 | 6.6 | 1.38 (0.92 to 2.07) | 1.27 (0.86 to 1.87) |
| High (≥20%) | 372 | 11.6 | 3.52 (2.13 to 5.82) | 3.17 (1.63 to 6.17) | 596 | 13.6 | 3.09 (1.88 to 5.08) | 1.95 (1.07 to 3.55) |
| Distance to the nearest town (Mwanza) | ||||||||
| Far (≥11 km) | 1240 | 3.4 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1393 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Moderate (5–10 km) | 566 | 7.6 | 2.35 (1.21 to 4.52) | 2.18 (1.15 to 4.15) | 677 | 8.7 | 1.83 (1.23 to 2.74) | 1.52 (1.07 to 2.19) |
| Close (<5 km) | 465 | 10.5 | 3.36 (2.06 to 5.47) | 2.85 (1.57 to 5.17) | 682 | 11.4 | 2.48 (1.37 to 4.45) | 1.68 (1.00 to 2.84) |
| *The models adjust for all the individual factors shown in table 1. Each of the community factors are modelled separately, due to multicollenearity. | ||||||||