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Table 2 Description of Characteristics of Male Study Participants

From: Assessing secular trends in HIV rapid diagnostic test uptake and positivity in Northeast Iran, a country in MENA region; ingredients for target-specific prevention policies

Male

 

HIV RDT-

(n = 24,429)

HIV RDT+

(n = 168)

Total

24,597

P-value

OR^ [95% CI]

Age

 

32.42 ± 11.00

37.86 ± 11.66

32.46 ± 11.02

< 0.001

1.04 (1.03,1.05)*

Marital status

Married

12,161 (50.1)

69 (42.6)

12,230 (50.0)

< 0.001

 

Never married

10,644 (43.8)

63 (38.9)

10,707 (43.8)

1.04(0.74,1.47)

Divorced

1235 (5.1)

19 (11.7)

1254 (5.1)

2.71(1.63,4.52)*

Widowed

237 (1.0)

11 (6.8)

248 (1.0)

8.18(4.27,15.66)*

Occupation

Homemaker

61 (0.5)

0 (0)

61 (0.5)

< 0.001

 

Unemployed

2101 (15.9)

56 (45.2)

2157 (16.2)

4.27 (2.17,8.4)*

Employee

9459 (71.5)

58 (46.8)

9517 (71.3)

0.00

Self-employed

1603 (12.1)

10 (8.1)

1613 (12.1)

0.98 (0.5,1.93)

Education level

Illiterate

870 (3.6)

11 (6.5)

881 (3.6)

< 0.001

 

primary school

3296 (13.5)

35 (20.8)

3331 (13.5)

0.84(0.43,1.66)

Secondary school

4775 (19.5)

51 (30.4)

4826 (19.6)

0.85(0.44,1.63)

High school and diploma

8038 (32.9)

43 (25.6)

8081 (32.9)

0.42(0.22,0.82)*

University Degree

7447 (30.5)

28 (16.7)

7475 (30.4)

0.30(0.15,0.60)*

Nationality

Iranian

23,459 (96.0)

151 (89.9)

23,610 (96.0)

< 0.001

 

Non-Iranian

970 (4.0)

17 (10.1)

987 (4.0)

2.72(1.64,4.51)*

Testing History

First Time

23,400 (95.8)

160 (95.2)

23,560 (95.8)

0.724

 

Repeated

1029 (4.2)

8 (4.8)

1037 (4.2)

1.14(0.56,2.32)

Referral Type

Referred Client

2238 (9.2)

60 (35.7)

2298 (9.3)

< 0.001

 

Volunteer

22,191 (90.8)

108 (64.3)

22,299 (90.7)

0.18(0.13,0.25)*

Duration from First Exposure

< 3 months

1933 (15.0)

13 (17.6)

1946 (15.0)

0.542

 

≥ 3 months

10,933 (85.0)

61 (82.4)

10,994 (85.0)

0.83(0.46,1.51)

  1. Data were reported as mean ± standard deviation and n (%).
  2. Mann–Whitney U and Chi-Square tests were used.
  3. ^Crude Odds Ratio resulted from Bivariate analysis.
  4. *Considered statistically significant.