Univariate and Multivariate analysis of HIV infection and selected sociodemographic and lifestyle variables in female food and recreational facility workers
HIV negative (n=120) | HIV positive (n=86) | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||||
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Variable | No (%) | No (%) | Adjusted OR† | 95% CI | p Value | Adjusted OR‡ | 95% CI | p Value |
*Test for trend. †Age adjusted odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). ‡Adjusted for all other variables in the final model. | ||||||||
§Variables not included in the final multivariate model. | ||||||||
¶Defined as positive TPPA test result and negative RPR test result. | ||||||||
**Defined as positive TPPA and RPR test result. | ||||||||
Age (years)* | 0.84 | 0.54 | ||||||
15–19 | 17 (14.2) | 5 (5.8) | 1 | 1 | – | |||
20–24 | 32 (26.7) | 26 (30.2) | 2.8 | 0.9 to 8.5 | 2.5 | 0.7 to 9.0 | – | |
25–29 | 33 (27.5) | 34 (39.5) | 3.5 | 1.2 to 10.6 | 2.7 | 0.8 to 9.1 | – | |
30–34 | 17 (14.2) | 14 (16.3) | 2.8 | 0.8 to 9.5 | 2.4 | 0.6 to 9.2 | – | |
≥35 | 21 (17.5) | 7 (8.1) | 1.1 | 0.3 to 4.2 | 2.7 | 0.4 to 7.1 | – | |
Sukuma tribe§ | 40 (33.3) | 40 (46.5) | 1.8 | 1.0 to 3.2 | 0.05 | – | – | – |
Single | 90 (75.0) | 81 (94.2) | 4.9 | 1.8 to 13.5 | 0.002 | 3.8 | 1.2 to 11.9 | 0.021 |
Working as a barmaid | 57 (47.9) | 65 (75.6) | 2.9 | 1.5 to 5.5 | 0.001 | 1.8 | 0.9 to 3.9 | 0.11 |
Illiteracy§ | 30 (25.0) | 19 (22.1) | 0.9 | 0.4 to 1.7 | 0.66 | – | – | – |
Not completed primary school§ | 43 (35.8) | 30 (34.9) | 1.0 | 0.6 to 1.9 | 0.94 | – | – | – |
Christian§ | 73 (60.8) | 52 (60.5) | 0.9 | 0.5 to 1.7 | 0.82 | – | – | – |
Perception of personal risk*§ | 0.69 | – | – | – | ||||
No risk | 12 (10.5) | 9 (10.5) | 1 | – | – | – | ||
Very unlikely | 7 (6.1) | 5 (5.8) | 0.9 | 0.2 to 4.2 | – | – | – | |
Maybe | 29 (25.4) | 16 (18.6) | 0.7 | 0.2 to 2.0 | – | – | – | |
Very likely | 66 (57.9) | 56 (65.1) | 1.1 | 0.4 to 2.8 | – | – | – | |
High alcohol consumption (≥15 units per week) | 16 (13.3) | 31 (36.1) | 3.2 | 1.6 to 6.4 | 0.001 | 2.5 | 1.1 to 5.5 | 0.021 |
Genital discharge in past 12 months | 15 (12.5) | 19 (22.1) | 2.1 | 0.9 to 4.5 | 0.064 | 2.5 | 1.0 to 6.2 | 0.047 |
Syphilis: past/treated** or active¶ | 43 (35.8) | 47 (54.6) | 2.4 | 1.3 to 4.4 | 0.004 | 2.7 | 1.4 to 5.1 | 0.003 |
Paying clients in past 12 months§ | 52 (43.3) | 56 (65.1) | 2.2 | 1.2 to 4.0 | 0.010 | – | – | – |