Table 1 Seroprevalence of HSV-1 and HSV-2 according to various predictors in men aged 35–64, 1992–3, Vaud-Fribourg, Ticino
HSV-1 | HSV-2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Rate ± SE (95% CI) | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | P value | Rate ± SE (95% CI) | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | P value | |
Region | |||||||
Vaud-Fribourg a | 541 | 73.5 ± 1.9% (69.8–77.2) | 1.00 (---) | --- | 18.1 ± 1.7% (14.9–21.4) | 1.00 (---) | --- |
Ticino | 693 | 87.0 ± 1.3% (84.5–89.5) | 2.42 (1.81–3.24) | <0.001 | 16.6 ± 1.4% (13.8–19.4) | 0.90 (0.67–1.21) | 0.487 |
Age group | |||||||
35–44 | 479 | 70.8 ± 2.4% (66.0–75.5) | 0.58 (0.34–0.83) | 0.003 | 18.1 ± 2.0% (14.1–22.1) | 1.01 (0.68–1.50) | 0.956 |
45–54 a | 433 | 80.8 ± 2.3% (76.4–85.2) | 1.00 (---) | --- | 17.9 ± 2.1% (13.7–22.1) | 1.00 (---) | --- |
55–64 | 322 | 82.3 ± 2.6% (77.2–87.3) | 1.10 (0.70–1.73) | 0.669 | 16.8 ± 2.5% (12.0–21.6) | 0.92 (0.59–1.45) | 0.730 |
Marital status | |||||||
Single | 116 | 62.4 ± 5.5% (51.5–73.2) | 0.45 (0.27–0.74) | 0.002 | 21.5 ± 4.6% (12.4–30.6) | 1.40 (0.79–2.49) | 0.244 |
Married a | 1021 | 78.6 ± 1.5% (75.6–81.6) | 1.00 (---) | --- | 16.3 ± 1.3% (13.7–18.9) | 1.00 (---) | --- |
Sep/divorced | 86 | 76.7 ± 5.4% (66.2–87.2) | 0.89 (0.48–1.65) | 0.719 | 24.8 ± 5.3% (14.4–35.3) | 1.69 (0.94–3.06) | 0.081 |
Widowed | 11 | 78.6 ± 15.2% (48.9–100.0) | 1.00 (0.17–5.88) | 0.997 | 54.2 ± 17.3% (20.3–88.1) | 6.07 (1.53–24.11) | 0.011 |
Educational level | |||||||
Low | 308 | 89.3 ± 2.2% (84.9–93.6) | 2.56 (1.52–4.19) | <0.001 | 17.2 ± 2.6% (12.1–22.4) | 1.19 (0.77–1.85) | 0.431 |
Medium a | 639 | 76.7 ± 2.0% (72.8–80.6) | 1.00 (---) | --- | 14.9 ± 1.6% (11.7–18.0) | 1.00 (---) | --- |
High | 140 | 67.3 ± 4.4% (58.6–75.9) | 0.62 (0.40–0.98) | 0.040 | 21.7 ± 3.8% (14.2–29.1) | 1.58 (0.95–2.63) | 0.076 |
Very high | 143 | 67.4 ± 4.6% (58.4–76.4) | 0.63 (0.39–1.00) | 0.050 | 26.0 ± 4.3% (17.6–34.3) | 2.01 (1.21–3.32) | 0.007 |
Size of commune | |||||||
<1500 | 454 | 78.7 ± 2.4% (74.1–83.3) | 1.14 (0.78–1.68) | 0.485 | 15.2 ± 2.0% (11.3–19.2) | 0.76 (0.50–1.14) | 0.181 |
1500–10'000 a | 454 | 76.3 ± 2.4% (71.6–81.1) | 1.00 (---) | --- | 19.2 ± 2.2% (15.0–23.5) | 1.00 (---) | --- |
>10'000 | 326 | 76.7 ± 2.6% (71.5–81.8) | 1.01 (0.69–1.50) | 0.941 | 18.6 ± 2.4% (13.9–23.3) | 0.96 (0.63–1.45) | 0.844 |
HSV-1-infected | |||||||
No a | 234 | 21.2 ± 2.9% (15.5–26.9) | 1.00 (---) | --- | |||
Yes | 1000 | 16.7 ± 1.4% (13.9–19.4) | 0.74 (0.50–1.11) | 0.143 | |||
Total | 1234 | 77.2 ± 1.4% (74.5–80.0) | --- | --- | 17.7 ± 1.3% (15.2–20.2) | --- | --- |