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Table 2 Seroprevalence of HSV-1 and HSV-2 according to various predictors in women aged 35–64, 1992–3, Vaud-Fribourg, Ticino

From: Seroepidemiology of Herpes Simplex virus type 1 and 2 in Western and Southern Switzerland in adults aged 25–74 in 1992–93 : a population-based study

  

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

565

80.4 ± 1.7% (77.2–83.7)

1.00 (---)

---

19.6 ± 1.7% (16.3–22.9)

1.00 (---)

---

Ticino

743

88.4 ± 1.2% (86.1–90.7)

1.86 (1.37–2.53)

<0.001

24.3 ± 1.6% (21.2–27.4)

1.31 (1.00–1.72)

0.047

Age group

       

35–44

490

78.8 ± 2.1% (74.7–83.0)

0.72 (0.49–1.06)

0.097

19.5 ± 2.0% (15.7–23.3)

0.83 (0.58–1.18)

0.292

45–54 a

472

83.8 ± 2.0% (79.8–87.8)

1.00 (---)

---

22.6 ± 2.2% (18.2–27.0)

1.00 (---)

---

55–64

346

86.7 ± 2.3% (82.2–91.3)

1.26 (0.77–2.07)

0.347

20.9 ± 2.6% (15.8–26.0)

0.90 (0.61–1.34)

0.609

Marital status

       

Single

106

81.1 ± 4.7% (72.0–90.3)

0.87 (0.46–1.63)

0.658

27.3 ± 5.3% (16.9–37.8)

1.77 (1.02–3.10)

0.044

Married a

984

83.2 ± 1.4% (80.5–86.0)

1.00 (---)

---

17.5 ± 1.4% (14.8–20.2)

1.00 (---)

---

Sep/divorced

142

77.2 ± 4.1% (69.1–85.2)

0.68 (0.41–1.12)

0.131

35.1 ± 4.5% (26.3–43.9)

2.55 (1.66–3.92)

<0.001

Widowed

76

90.0 ± 4.1% (81.9–98.0)

1.81 (0.72–4.53)

0.205

28.6 ± 6.1% (16.7–40.5)

1.89 (1.02–3.48)

0.042

Educational level

       

Low

471

89.2 ± 1.8% (85.6–92.7)

1.75 (1.13–2.72)

0.012

16.5 ± 2.0% (12.6–20.4)

0.65 (0.45–0.92)

0.014

Medium a

637

82.4 ± 1.8% (78.9–85.9)

1.00 (---)

---

23.4 ± 1.9% (19.7–27.2)

1.00 (---)

---

High

138

74.4 ± 4.1% (66.3–82.5)

0.62 (0.38–1.01)

0.055

23.6 ± 4.0% (15.7–31.4)

1.01 (0.62–1.64)

0.974

Very high

59

63.0 ± 7.1% (49.1–76.9)

0.36 (0.19–0.69)

0.002

18.2 ± 4.9% (8.6–27.8)

0.73 (0.37–1.43)

0.356

Size of commune

       

<1500

437

80.3 ± 2.3% (75.8–84.8)

0.54 (0.35–0.84)

0.006

15.7 ± 2.0% (11.8–19.5)

0.64 (0.44–0.93)

0.020

1500–10'000 a

495

88.2 ± 1.7% (84.9–91.6)

1.00 (---)

---

22.5 ± 2.1% (18.3–26.7)

1.00 (---)

---

>10'000

376

79.1 ± 2.4% (74.4–83.8)

0.50 (0.33–0.78)

0.002

24.1 ± 2.5% (19.3–29.0)

1.09 (0.76–1.56)

0.629

HSV-1-infected

       

No a

197

   

29.0 ± 3.6% (21.9–36.0)

1.00 (---)

---

Yes

1111

   

19.3 ± 1.4% (16.6–21.9)

0.59 (0.40–0.86)

0.006

Total

1308

82.7 ± 1.2% (80.2–85.1)

---

---

20.9 ± 1.3% (18.4–23.5)

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  1. a reference strata for the logistic analysis