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. 2007 Feb 8;4:6. doi: 10.1186/1477-7517-4-6

Table 1.

Socio-demographic Factors Associated with HIV seropositivity among IDUs in Xichang City, Sichuan Province, China

Factor N % HIV+ [N] Odds Ratio [95% CI] P-value
Total 314 17.8 [56]
Referred by peers
 No 65 15.4 [10] 1.0
 Yes 249 18.5 [46] 1.25 [0.59, 2.63] 0.56
Sex
 Male 269 19.7 [53] 1.0
 Female 45 6.7 [3] 0.29 [0.09, 0.98] 0.03
Age
 <29 years 136 21.3 [29] 1.0
 ≥29 years 178 15.2 [27] 0.66 [0.37, 1.18] 0.16
Ethnicity
 Han 192 11.5 [22] 1.0
 Other 122 27.9 [34] 2.98 [1.65, 5.41] <0.01
Years of education
 ≤6 120 21.7 [26] 1.0
 >6 194 15.5 [30] 0.66 [0.37, 1.18] 0.16
Employed
 Yes 192 19.3 [37] 1.0
 No 122 15.6 [19] 0.77 [0.42, 1.42] 0.40
Marital Status
 Married or cohabited 83 10.8 [9] 1.0
 other 231 20.4 [47] 2.10 [0.98, 4.50] 0.05
Owning a house
 No 230 17.0 [39] 1.0
 Yes 84 20.2 [17] 1.24 [0.66, 0.34] 0.50
Yearly income in 2003
 <1,000 dollars 119 16.0 [19] 1.0
 ≥1,000 dollars 195 19.0 [37] 1.23 [0.67, 2.26] 0.49
MMT participation
 No 259 18.5 [48] 1.0
 Yes 55 14.6 [8] 0.75 [0.33, 1.69] 0.48

MMT, methadone maintenance therapy.