Table 3 Syphilis infection in relation to its risk factors 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
History of blood transfusion | |||||
No | 957 (96.4) | 65 (6.8) | 1 | 1 | |
Yes | 36 (3.6) | 7 (19.4) | 3.3 (1.39-7.9) | 3.9 (1.5-10.4) | 0.005 |
Unsafe injection | |||||
No | 918 (92.4) | 65 (7.1) | 1 | ||
Yes | 75 (7.6) | 7 (9.3) | 1.4 (0.59-3.06) | - | - |
Circumcised | |||||
No | 27 (2.7) | 1 (3.7) | 1 | ||
Yes | 966 (97.3) | 71 (7.3) | 2.1 (0.28-15.4) | - | - |
Traditional procedures | |||||
No | 825 (83.1) | 57 (6.9) | 1.9 (0.57-6.1) | 1.7 (0.49-5.7) | 0.404 |
Scaring | 73 (7.4) | 11 (15.1) | 4.4 (1.19-16.6) | 3.3 (0.84-12.9) | 0.088 |
Blood letting | 17 (1.7) | 1 (5.9) | 1.6 (0.15-16) | 1.3 (0.12-15.1) | 0.814 |
Tattooing | 78 (7.9) | 3 (3.8) | 1 | 1 | |
Age at sexual debut (years) | |||||
<20 | 479 (46.2) | 36 (7.8) | 0.84 (0.51-1.4) | - | - |
20-29 | 495 (49.8) | 33 (6.7) | 0.98 (0.28-3.3) | ||
≥30 | 39 (3.9) | 3 (7.7) | 1 | ||
Sex partners | |||||
1 | 479 (48.2) | 31 (6.5) | 2.3 (0.3-17.3) | - | - |
2-5 | 480 (48.3) | 40 (8.3) | 3 (0.4-22.5) | ||
>5 | 34 (3.4) | 1 (2.9) | |||
Alcohol during sex | |||||
No | 830 (83.6) | 59 (7.1) | 1.1 (0.53-2.2) | 1.5 (0.68-3.2) | 0.321 |
Sometimes | 151 (15.4) | 10 (6.6) | 1 | 1 | |
Often | 12 (1.2) | 3 (25) | 4.7 (1.1-20.1) | 3.5 (0.75-16.3) | 0.110 |
Drug during sex | |||||
No | 899 (90.5) | 65 (7.2) | 1 | ||
Sometimes | 86 (8.7) | 6 (7) | 0.96 (0.4-2.3) | - | - |
Often | 8 (0.8) | 1 (12.5) | 1.8 (0.22-15) | ||
Condom use | |||||
No | 486 (48.9) | 34 (7) | 1 | ||
Sometimes | 226 (22.7) | 16 (7.1) | 1 (0.55-1.88) | - | - |
Always | 281 (28.3) | 22 (7.8) | 1.1 (0.64-3.96) | ||
STIs | |||||
No | 756 (76.1) | 58 (7.7) | 1.3 (0.72-2.42) | - | - |
Yes | 237 (23.9) | 14 (5.9) | 1 |