Table 4 Associations between prevalent HIV-1 infection and either RAI or prevalent STI
Women* N  =  322p ValueMen† N  =  486p Value
aOR (95% CI)aOR (95% CI)
Receptive anal sex (within 3 months)1.2 (0.5 to 2.5)0.713.8 (2.0 to 6.9)<0.001
Clinical anogenital ulcer disease1.1 (0.4 to 2.9)0.842.6 (1.0 to 6.9)0.05
Clinical anogenital condylomata3.9 (1.0 to 14.5)0.044.0 (1.4 to 11.7)0.01
Clinical pelvic inflammatory disease‡3.0 (1.0 to 8.7)0.04
Laboratory confirmed T vaginalis vaginitis2.1 (0.9 to 4.8)0.06
Laboratory-confirmed cervicitis0.6 (0.3 to 1.5)0.32
Laboratory-confirmed urethritis3.3 (1.3 to 8.7)0.02
Laboratory-confirmed active or untreated syphilis3.2 (0.9 to 12.1)0.081.9 (0.6 to 6.0)0.27
  • aOR, adjusted odds ratio.

  • *Model adjusted for age, transactional sex (3 months), partner count (1 month) and unprotected sex with casual partners and regular partners (1 week, yes/no).

  • †Model adjusted for age, transactional sex (3 months), partner count (1 month), unprotected sex with casual partners and regular partners (1 week, yes/no), reported sex with women (3 months), circumcision and reported insertive anal sex (3 months).

  • ‡Treated for clinically diagnosed pelvic inflammatory disease, based on complaint of abdominal pain, compatible history and examination findings and no alternative diagnosis made.