Cross-sectional assessment of prevalence and correlates of blood-borne and sexually-transmitted infections among Afghan National Army recruits

Table 3 Correlates of herpes simplex-2 infection among a cross-sectional sample of male Afghan National Army recruits in univariable logistic regression, 2010–2011 (N = 4750)

Variable	Infected (N,%)	Non-infected (N,%)	OR, 95% CI	AOR, 95% CI
Age (years; mean ± SD)	22.5 ± 4.2	21.8 ± 3.8	1.04, 1.00 – 1.09	1.04, 1.00 – 1.09
Province of origin:			1.00, 1.00 – 1.01
Nangahar	17, 11.8%	752, 16.3%
Non-Nangahar	127, 88.2%	3854, 83.7%
Education (years; mean ± SD)	4.46 ± 4.38	4.14 ± 4.33	1.02, 0.98 – 1.06
Radio in the home	107, 74.3%	3181, 69.1%	1.29, 0.89 – 1.89
Television in the home	61, 42.4%	1491, 32.4%	1.53, 1.10 – 2.15	1.46, 1.02 – 2.05
Lifetime depression/anxiety	39, 27.1%	1341, 29.1%	0.90, 0.62 – 1.31
Prior alcohol use	14, 9.7%	235, 5.1%	2.00, 1.14 – 3.53	1.69, 0.95 – 3.01*
Prior hashish use	30, 20.8%	738, 16.0%	1.38, 0.92 – 2.08
Prior opiate use	8, 5.6%	157, 3.4%	1.67, 0.80 – 3.46
Prior incarceration	30, 20.8%	750, 16.3%	1.35, 0.90 – 2.04
Number lifetime sexual partners (mean ± SD):
Female	1.37 ± 1.20	1.28 ± 0.96	1.09, 0.92 – 1.30
Male	0.19 + 0.72	0.18 + 0.59	1.03, 0.79 – 1.34
Ever sex with FSW	21, 14.7%	572, 12.5%	1.21, 0.75 – 1.94
Condom at last FSW encounter	7, 33.3%	99, 17.3%	2.33, 1.06 – 5.10
Ever sex with another male	17, 11.9%	576, 12.6%	0.94, 0.56 – 1.57
Lifetime condom use	17, 11.9%	311, 6.8%	1.86, 1.10 – 3.12

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