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. 2024 Feb 26;4(2):e0002946. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002946

Table 3. Predictors of HIV testing behaviors among men recruited from bars in northern Tanzania (2018–2019).

Variables Predictors of previous testing Predictors of HIV test uptake
Unadjusted PR (95% CI) Adjusted PR (95% CI) Unadjusted PR (95% CI) Adjusted PR (95% CI)
Demographic factors
Age in years 1.00 (0.99–1.01) 1.00 (0.99–1.01) 0.99 (0.99–1.00) 0.99 (0.99–1.00)
Marital status
  Married, divorced, or widowed Reference Reference Reference Reference
  Never married 0.88 (0.73–1.07) 0.86 (0.71–1.05) 1.04 (0.97–1.13) 1.02 (0.92–1.12)
Wealth score
  Bottom quartile Reference Reference Reference Reference
  Lower middle quartile 1.07 (0.85–1.35) 1.06 (0.84–1.32) 0.94 (0.86–1.04) 0.96 (0.87–1.05)
  Upper middle quartile 1.29 (1.05–1.57)* 1.25 (1.03–1.52)* 0.99 (0.91–1.07) 1.01 (0.94–1.10)
  Top quartile 1.41 (1.17–1.70)* 1.35 (1.12–1.62)* 0.88 (0.89–0.98)* 0.92 (0.83–1.02)
Risk behaviors
AUDIT score
  Low-risk use Reference Reference Reference Reference
  High-risk use 1.04 (0.91–1.18) 1.03 (0.90–1.17) 1.05 (0.97–1.13) 1.04 (0.97–1.12)
Concurrent sexual partners 1.17 (1.01–1.37)* 1.17 (0.99–1.37) 1.05 (0.96–1.15) 1.06 (0.96–1.16)
Knowledge and psychosocial factors
GEM scale 1.01 (0.99–1.02) 1.00 (0.99–1.37) 0.99 (0.98–0.99)* 0.99 (0.98–0.99)*
HIV knowledge score 1.05 (1.02–1.08)* 1.04 (1.01–1.07)* 0.99 (0.80–1.15) 0.99 (0.99–1.01)
Stigma score
  No stigma Reference Reference Reference Reference
  Any stigma 0.94 (0.83–1.07) 0.99 (0.88–1.14) 1.01 (0.94–1.08) 0.98 (0.92–1.05)
HIV testing behaviors
HIV testing history
  Last HIV test ≤ 12 months - - Reference Reference
  Last HIV test > 12 months - - 1.19 (1.06–1.33)* 1.18 (1.06–1.31)
  Never testers - - 1.18 (1.05–1.33)* 1.16 (1.03–1.31)*

Abbreviations: PR, prevalence ratio; AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; GEM, Gender Equitable Men

*P < 0.05