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Published in final edited form as: Int J STD AIDS. 2020 Sep 30;31(13):1247–1254. doi: 10.1177/0956462420947555

Table 3.

Correlates of HIV sero-prevalence among MSM, HCMC, Vietnam, 2006, 2009 and 2013.

HIV (n = 127)
Variable OR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)

Age (ref. <20 years)
 20–24 years 3.71* 1.02, 13.49 3.02 0.75, 12.16
 25–29 years 10.71*** 3.03, 37.89 9.67*** 2.52, 37.14
 ≥30 years 4.34* 1.22, 15.44 3.95* 1.01, 15.50
Education level (ref. no schooling)
 Grades 1 to 9 1.63 0.33, 7.93
 Grades 10 to 12 1.87 0.42, 8.28
 University 1.17 0.25, 5.43
Ever married (ref. no)
 Yes 0.56 0.24, 1.3
Sexual preference (ref. men)
 Women 1.43 0.77, 2.67
 No preference 1.26 0.58, 2.73
Sexual behaviors
Age at first sex with a man (ref. < 15 years)
 16 to 19 years 1.23 0.57, 2.68
 ≥20 years 0.78 0.32, 1.89
Anal sex with consensual male partner in past month (ref. no)
 Yes 0.63 0.37, 1.06 0.44** 0.24, 0.83
Sold sex to a male client in past month (ref. no)
 Yes 1.06 0.64, 1.75
Bought sex from a man in past month (ref. no)
 Yes 0.22 0.06, 1.07 0.20* 0.04, 0.97
Always used condom with non-commercial male partner in past month (ref. no)
 Yes 0.89 0.44, 1.81
Always used condom with any male partner last month (ref. no)
 Yes 1.22 0.69, 2.17
Vaginal/anal sex with female in past 12 months (ref. no)
 Yes 1 99** 1.18, 3.34
Condom use with any female sex partner in past 12 months (ref. no)
 Yes 0.73 0.38, 1.41
Ever used drugs (ref. no)
 Yes 2 12** 1.22, 3.69
Ever injected drugs (ref. no)
 Yes 3.65*** 1.69, 7.9 3.07** 1.24, 7.64
Ever tested for HIV and received results (ref. no)
 Yes 0.68 0.35, 1.34
Received free condoms in past 6 months (ref. no)
 Yes 1.11 0.67, 1.83
Received safe sex talk in past 6 months (ref. no)
 Yes 1.11 0.65, 1.88

Note: Odds ratios (ORs) and adjusted ORs (AORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI).

±Weighted by degree and recruitment weights.11

*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.01

***

p < 0.001.

–Not used in the final model.