From: Syphilis among people with HIV infection in southern Ethiopia: sero-prevalence and risk factors
Characteristics | Number (%) tested | Number (%) positive | Crude odds ratio (95% CI) | Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residence | |||||
Rural | 59 (5.9) | 1 (1.7) | 1 | ||
Urban | 934 (94.5) | 71 (7.6) | 4.7 (0.65-34.9) | - | - |
Sex | |||||
Female | 598 (60.2) | 34 (5.7) | 1 | 1 | |
Male | 395 (39.8) | 38 (9.6) | 1.8 (1.1-2.86) | 2.2 (1.22-3.87) | 0.007 |
Age (years) | |||||
<20 | 13 (1) | 0 | - | - | - |
20-29 | 330 (33.2) | 16 (4.8) | 1 | 1 | |
30-39 | 417 (42) | 31 (7.4) | 1.6 (0.85-2.93) | 1.7 (0.9-3.3) | 0.100 |
40-49 | 161 (16.2) | 9 (6.2) | 1.3 (0.58-2.93) | 1.3 (0.53-3.0) | 0.598 |
≥50 | 72 (7.3) | 15 (20.8) | 5.2 (2.4-11) | 3.9 (1.7-8.98) | 0.001 |
Occupation | |||||
Employee | 194 (19.5) | 10 (5.2) | 1 | ||
Daily laborer | 114 (11.5) | 14 (12.3) | 2.5 (1.1-6) | ||
Student | 31 (3.1) | 2 (6.5) | 1.2 (0.26-6.1) | ||
Merchant | 205 (20.6) | 11 (5.4) | 1 (0.43-2.52) | - | - |
Farmer | 33 (3.3) | 2 (6.1) | 1.2 (0.25-5.68) | ||
House maid | 47 (4.7) | 3 (6.4) | 1.3 (0.33-4.75) | ||
Jobless | 144 (14.5) | 14 (9.7) | 1.9 (0.85-4.6) | ||
Self-employed | 147 (14.8) | 9 (6.1) | 1.2 (0.48-3) | ||
others | 78 (7.9) | 7 (9) | 1.8 (0.67-4.95) | ||
Educational status | |||||
No-formal | 136 (13.7) | 11 (8.1) | 3.2 (1.01-10.4) | 4.7 (1.37-16.1) | 0.014 |
Primary school | 291 (29.3) | 39 (13.4) | 5.7 (1.99-16.2) | 7.8 (2.63-23.2) | 0.000 |
Secondary school | 415 (41.8) | 18 (4.3) | 1.7 (0.56-5) | 2.0 (0.65-6.24) | 0.223 |
Certificate and above | 151 (15.2) | 4 (2.6) | 1 | 1 | |
Marital status | |||||
Married (never D/W) | 468 (47.1) | 32 (6.8) | 2 (0.61-6.86) | ||
Married (previous D/W) | 202 (20.4) | 16 (7.9) | 2.4 (0.68-8.89) | ||
Never married | 139 (14) | 10 (7.2) | 2.2 (0.58-8.12) | - | - |
Divorced (D) | 97 (9.8) | 11 (11.3) | 3.6 (0.97-13.3) | ||
Widowed (W) | 87 (8.8) | 3 (3.4) | 1 | ||
CD4+ T-cell count/μL | |||||
<200 | 125 (12.6) | 8 (6.4) | 1.1 (0.47-2.47) | - | - |
200-349 | 230 (23.2) | 17 (7.4) | 1.3 (0.65-2.4) | ||
350-499 | 271 (27.3) | 25 (9.2) | 1.6 (0.88-2.89) | ||
≥500 | 366 (36.9) | 22 (6) | 1 | ||
ART | |||||
Yes | 833 (83.9) | 54 (6.5) | 1 | 1 | |
No | 160 (16.1) | 18 (11.2) | 1.8 (1.04-3.2) | 2.2 (1.22-4.1) | 0.009 |