Incidence of Human Herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection among HIV-uninfected individuals at high risk for sexually transmitted infections

Table 4 HHV-8 attack rates and OR (crude and adjusted) of seroconversion by behavioral and virological characteristics of 181 men who have sex with men.

	HHV-8 Serocon/T (%)N = 21/181	COR (95%C.I.)	AOR (95% C.I.)	P
Gender
Females	-
Males	21/181 (11.2)	N.A.	N.A.
Age **(years)
< 25	1/7 (14.3)	1.0	1.0
25–35	9/71 (12.7)	0.87 (0.10–8.10)	0.69 (0.06–7.13)	.758
> 35	11/103 (10.7)	0.72 (0.10–7.52)	0.53 (0.05–5.70)	.599
STI during follow-up
None	16/154(10.4)	1.0	1.0
Any	5/27 (18.5)	1.96 (0.51–6.35)	1.80 (0.52–7.96)	. 480
Other STI ^	1/10 (10.0)	0.96 (0.02–7.76)	1.13 (0.13–9.96)	.913
Syphilis	1/7 (14.3)	1.44 (0.03–13.05)	1.47 (0.15–14.13)	.739
Gonorrhea	3/10 (30.0)	3.70 (0.56–18.11)	3.20 (0.67–15.36)	.146
HIV-1 during follow-up
Non-seroconverters	20/175(11.4)	1.0	1.0
Seroconverters	1/6 (16.7)	1.55(0.03–14.87)	1.56 (0.16–15.69)	.704
No. sexual partners during follow-up
< 3	4/55(7.3)	1.0	1.0
3–5	4/43(9.3)	1.30 (0.31–5.56)	1.41 (0.32–6.13)	.647
6–10	4/36 (11.1)	1.59 (0.37–6.83)	1.50 (0.32–6.82)	.601
> 10	9/47 (19.1)	3.02 (0.86–10.54)	3.32 (0.89–12.46)	.075

STI: Sexually Transmitted Infections; N.A.: not applicable;
** age at the last test; ^ Other STI included: genital warts, unspecific urethral/vaginal infections and genital herpes.

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