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Table 3 Determinants of opting out of HIV screening as compared to not being screened for unknown reasons in 307 smear positive tuberculosis patients not screened for HIV, San Juan de Lurigancho 2010–2011

From: HIV screening among newly diagnosed TB patients: a cross sectional study in Lima, Peru

Characteristics

Opted out of screening

N (%)

Not screened for unknown reasons

N (%)

Crude OR (95% CI)

p

Adjusted OR (95%CI)

p

Sex

 Female

39 (36.2%)

69 (63.8%)

1

   

 Male

79 (39.5%)

121 (60.5%)

1.14 (0.70–1.85)

0.595

  

Age, in years

 18–34

83 (37.7%)

137 (62.27%)

1.04 (0.58–1.84)

0761

  

 35–49

24 (36.9%)

41(63.1%)

1

   

  > 50

10 (45.5%)

12 (54.5%)

1.42 (0.53–3.79)

   

Weight loss reported by the patient

 Yes

94 (36.7%)

162 (63.3%)

0.67 (0.37–1.22)

0.194

  

 No

24 (46,2%)

28 (53.8%)

1

   

Location of health facility in district area

 Lowest area

8 (24.2%)

25 (75.8%)

1

 

1

 

 Middle area

12 (25.5%)

35 (74.5%)

1.07 (0.38–3.00)

0.022

1.21 (0.42–3.49)

 

 Highest area

63 (46.3%)

73 (53.7%)

2.65 (1.12–6.30)

 

3.28 (1.32–8.18)

 

 High area

35 (38.0%)

57 (62.0%)

1.92 (0.78–4.72)

 

2.18 (0.86–5.56)

 

Education

 Primary or less

60 (40.8%)

87 (59.2%)

1.28 (0.76–2.16)

0.627

  

 High School

36 (35%)

67 (65.0%)

1

   

 Higher

22 (37.9%)

36 (62.1%)

1.09 (0.55–2.13)

   

Marital Status

 Married / cohabiting

53 (44.9%)

65 (55.1%)

1.44 (0.88–2.35)

0.219

  

 Divorced

5 (23.8%)

16 (76.2%)

0.56 (0.20–1.62)

   

 Single

56 (35.7%)

101 (64.3%)

1

   

 Widow

4 (33.3%)

8 (66.7%)

0.90 (0.26–3.13)

   

Illegal drug consumption

 Yes

19 (27.5%)

50 (72.5%)

0.54 (0.30–0.98)

0.037

0.43 (0.23–0.80)

 

 No

99 (41.4%)

140 (58.6%)

1

   

Alcohol consumption (CAGE score)

 Yes

7 (35.0%)

13 (65.0%)

0.74 (0.29–1.88)

0.524

  

 No

68 (38.4%)

109 (61.6%)

1

   

Ex prison inmate

 Yes

4 (46.7%)

8 (53.3%)

0.81 (0.24–2.74)

0.726

  

 No

114 (38.5%)

182 (61.5%)

1

   

Diabetes Mellitus, as reports by the patient

 Yes

5 (35.7%)

9 (64.3%)

0.90 (0.29–2.75)

0.849

  

 No

113 (38.4%)

181 (61.6%)

1

   

TB regimen

 Regimen for drug sensitive TB

116 (38.0%)

189 (62.0%)

1

   

 Regimens for drug resistant TB

2 (66.7%)

1 (33.3%)

3.29 (0.29–36.6)

0.315

  

Employment

 Yes

83 (37.6%)

138 (62.4%)

1

   

 No

21 (34.4%)

40 (65.6%)

0.88 (0.49–1.60)

0.217

  

 Student

14 (53.8%)

12 (46.2%)

1.96 (0.87–4.45)

   

Study Period

 1

34 (46.6%)

39 (53.4%)

1

 

1

 

 2

28 (40.0%)

42 (60.0%)

0.79 (0.40–1.53)

0.003

0.65 (0.33–1.31)

 

 3

18 (22.0%)

64 (78.0%)

0.33 (0.17–0.67)

 

0.23 (0.11–0.49)

 

 4

38 (45.8%)

45 (54.2%)

0.99 (0.53–1.88)

 

0.71 (0.35–1.40)

 

Place of birth

 Coastal region

74 (39.0%)

116 (61.0%)

1

   

 Jungle region

19 (41.3%)

27 (58.7%)

1.10 (0.57–2.12)

0.663

  

 Andean region

25 (34.7%)

47 (65.3%)

0.80 (0.45–1.42)