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Table 1 Syphilis infection in relation to socio-demography in HIV infected individuals in southern Ethiopia, 2014

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

  1. ART, antiretroviral therapy.