HIV prevalence, related risk behaviors, and correlates of HIV infection among people who use drugs in Cambodia

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 5 Risk factors associated with HIV in bivariate and multivariable logistic regression among drug users

Variables	N = 1583		Total sample (N = 1186)
Variables	OR (95% CI)	P value^b	AOR^a (95% CI)	P value^b
Provincial group^a
Low risk provinces	Referent		Referent
High risk provinces	5.2 (2.59–10.56)	< 0.001	1.9 (0.78–4.79)	0.154
Sex of drug users
Men	Referent		Referent
Women	5.6 (2.95–10.59)	< 0.001	7.8 (3.00–20.35)	< 0.001
Age group in years
≤ 20	Referent		Referent
21–29	21.2 (2.73–164.16)	0.003	10.3 (1.20–89.39)	0.033
≥ 30	78.5 (10.53–584. 18)	< 0.001	36.4 (3.59–369.36)	0.002
Marital status
Non-married	Referent		Referent
Married	2.9 (1.37–6.01)	0.005	0.48 (0.17–1.47)	0.205
Education level
≤ 6 years (Primary)	2.4 (1.22–4.68)	0.011	0.92 (0.37–2.27)	0.866
> 6 years (Secondary and higher)	Referent		Referent
Drug use type
Non-PWID	Referent		Referent
PWID	4.6 (2.31–9.19)	< 0.001	4.1 (1.53–10.96)	0.005
Number of paid and paying sex partners In past month
< 2 partners	Referent		Referent
≥ 2 partners	3.5 (1.64–7.48)	0.001	1.1 (0.42–2.47)	0.961
Duration of using drugs
≤ 12 months	Referent		Referent
> 12 months	2.7 (1.27–5.63)	0.010	4.0 (1.38–11.35)	0.010
Consistent condom use with casual
partner in the past 12 months
Yes	Referent
No	1.1 (0.59–2.10)	0.735	–	–
More than one drug use in past 12 months
One drug	Referent
More than one drug	1.1 (0.59–2.10)	0.735	–	–

^aHigh risk provinces: Sihanoukville, Phnom Penh, Battambang, Banteay Meanchey
^bThe results in this table were weighted
Low risk provinces: Kampong Speu, Kampong Cham, Prey Veng, Svay Rieng, Siem Reap

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