Kaposi`s sarcoma associated herpesvirus infection among female sex workers and general population women in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional study

Zhang, Tiejun; Yang, Ying; Yu, Feng; Zhao, Yanping; Lin, Feifei; Minhas, Veenu; Wood, Charles; He, Na

doi:10.1186/1471-2334-14-58

Table 3 Multiple logistic regression analyses of correlates of KSHV and HSV2 infection among general population women (n = 600)

From: Kaposi`s sarcoma associated herpesvirus infection among female sex workers and general population women in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional study

	KSHV seroprevalence (%)	AOR (95%CI)	P value	HSV2 seroprevalence (%)	AOR (95%CI)	P value
Ethnicity
Han	63/576 (10.9)	1.00		86/576 (14.9)	1.00
Other	3/24 (12.5)	1.10 (0.31-3.93)	0.889	6/24 (25.0)	1.70 (0.62-4.66)	0.302
Age (years)
18-25	29/262 (11.1)	1.00		26/262 (9.9)	1.00
26-35	21/175 (12.0)	1.03 (0.49-2.19)	0.932	27/175 (15.4)	1.21 (0.60-2.45)	0.603
>35	16/163 (9.8)	0.76 (0.31-1.88)	0.551	39/163 (23.9)	2.29 (1.07-4.93)	0.034
Marital status
Single	20/187 (10.7)	1.00		17/187 (9.1)	1.00
Ever married	46/413 (11.1)	1.99 (0.61-6.50)	0.254	75/413 (18.2)	1.18 (0.46-3.05)	0.726
Education
Primary school or illiterate	7/75 (9.3)	1.00		15/75 (20.0)	1.00
Middle school	31/311 (10.0)	1.07 (0.42-2.72)	0.884	48/311 (15.4)	0.91 (0.39-2.12)	0.834
High school or higher	28/214 (13.1)	1.59 (0.57-4.45)	0.373	29/214 (13.6)	0.96 (0.54-1.68)	0.881
Monthly income (Yuan RMB)
≤2000	39/361 (10.8)	1.00		52/316 (14.4)	1.00
2001-4000	26/231 (11.3)	1.01 (0.57-1.75)	0.994	37/231 (16.0)	1.11 (0.67-1.83)	0.684
>4000	1/8 (12.5)	1.07 (0.12-10.09)	0.955	3/8 (37.5)	2.03 (0.41-10.13)	0.380
Age at first sex (years)*
<18	4/35 (11.4)	1.00		5/35 (14.3)	1.00
≥18	62/565 (11.0)	0.74 (0.24-2.34)	0.613	87/565 (15.4)	1.44 (0.50-4.17)	0.501
Number of sex partners in the past 12 months**
0	17/140 (12.1)	1.00		9/140 (6.4)	1.00
1	44/422 (10.4)	0.78 (0.27-2.27)	0.657	71/422 (16.8)	2.54 (0.82-7.94)	0.107
2-5	5/38 (13.2)	1.07 (0.22-5.21)	0.934	12/38 (31.6)	6.44 (1.67-24.93)	0.007
Condom use in the past 12 months
Consistently	5/53 (9.4)	1.00		12/53 (22.6)	1.00
Occasionally	18/203 (8.9)	0.94 (0.32-2.69)	0.899	31/203 (15.3)	0.52 (0.23-1.14)	0.101
Never	43/344 (12.5)	1.69 (0.59-4.86)	0.330	49/344 (14.2)	0.63 (0.28-1.42)	0.266
HBsAg
Negative	59/541 (10.9)	1.00		79/541 (14.6)	1.00
Positive	7/59 (11.9)	1.06 (0.45-2.49)	0.895	13/59 (22.0)	1.98 (0.98-4.02)	0.055
Syphilis
Negative	65/583 (11.1)	1.00		85/583 (14.6)	1.00
Positive	1/17 (5.9)	0.50 (0.06-3.97)	0.512	7/17 (41.2)	3.94 (1.38-11.23)	0.010
KSHV
Negative	---	---	---	81/534 (15.2)	1.00
Positive	---	---	---	11/66 (16.7)	1.15 (0.56-2.39)	0.700
HSV2
Negative	55/508 (10.8)	1.00		---	---	---
Positive	11/92 (12.0)	1.17 (0.57-2.41)	0.677	---	---	---

Note: OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval, which were adjusted for other variables listed in this table by a multiple logistic regression analysis.
*≥ 18 groups including those who never had sex before. ** participants had no sex partnership in prior 12 months including those who never had sex.

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