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. 2008 Apr;14(4):586–591. doi: 10.3201/eid1404.070935

Table 3. Adjusted OR of association of HHV-8 seropositivity with demographic and clinical variables among adults, Egypt*.

Characteristic Men
Women
OR 95% CI p value OR 95% CI p value
Age group, y† 0.002
15–24 Ref Ref
25–34 1.6 1.2–2.2 0.8 0.4–1.6 0.53
35–44 2.6 1.4–4.9 1.5 0.8–2.9 0.15
>45
4.3
1.7–11.0


3.1
1.5–6.4
<0.001
Dental treatments‡ 0.04
No Ref
Yes
2.3
1.1–4.9





HCV serostatus‡ 0.007
Negative Ref
Positive




3.3
1.4–7.9

Schistosomiasis§ 0.47 0.07
Negative Ref Ref
Positive 2.3 0.3–16.1 1.5 1.0–2.5

*OR, odds ratio; HHV-8, human herpesvirus 8; CI, confidence interval; Ref, referrent; HCV, hepatitis C virus.
†p value is for age group fitted with trend among men; p values for heterogeneity for categories given for women (see Statistical Methods).
‡Missing values in sex-specific analyses mean the variable was not significant and was excluded from final multivariable model.
§Schistosomiasis seropositivity was included in models even when not significant because we hypothesized a priori that it was associated with HHV-8 seropositivity (see online Appendix, available from www.cdc.gov/EID/content/14/4/586-app.htm).