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Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Dec;52(5):648–654. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181b31a6a

Table 3. Multivariate analysis of correlates of seropositivity and ART access in a population of first-time VCT clients in Moshi, Tanzania, 2003-2007.

Males Females
All Clients Pre-CTC CTC Scale-up All Clients Pre-CTC CTC Scale-up
N 1827
OR
[95% CI]
460
OR
[95% CI]
554
OR
[95% CI]
2426
OR
[95% CI]
562
OR
[95% CI]
712
OR
[95% CI]
Age 1.01
[1.00;1.03]
1.01
[0.98;1.04]
1.00
[0.97;1.03]
1.00
[0.99;1.01]
0.99
[0.97;1.01]
1.00
[0.98;1.03]
Primary school education or less 1.45 *
[1.01;2.07]
2.28 *
[1.14;4.53]
1.19
[0.58;2.45]
1.28
[0.99;1.67]
1.17
[0.65;2.10]
1.52
[0.93;2.50]
Rural residence 1.49 *
[1.07;2.09]
1.35
[0.70;2.60]
1.28
[0.63;2.60]
0.93
[0.75;1.16]
0.90
[0.57;1.42]
1.08
[0.70;1.66]
Marital Status (single is reference)
 Cohabitating 5.76 ***
[3.49;9.51]
4.36 **
[1.58;12.03]
8.59 ***
[2.68;27.55]
2.73 ***
[1.94;3.86]
2.54 *
[1.21;5.35]
3.95 ***
[1.98;7.88]
 Divorced/separated 2.99 ***
[1.67;5.34]
2.37
[0.64;8.76]
5.51 **
[1.89;16.06]
2.13 ***
[1.50;3.03]
2.63 *
[1.25;5.55]
1.79
[0.91;3.49]
 Widowed 6.43 ***
[3.11;13.31]
3.11
[0.76;12.69]
26.41 ***
[5.57;125.12]
4.57 ***
[3.21;6.49]
3.05 **
[1.54;6.02]
3.84 ***
[1.85;7.98]
 Married 1.80 *
[1.11;2.90]
1.96
[0.86;4.45]
2.90
[0.99;8.55]
1.19
[0.86;1.64]
1.12
[0.58;2.14]
1.14
[0.58;2.20]
Behavioral Risk Characteristics
 More than 3 lifetime partners 1.53 *
[1.04;2.25]
2.03
[0.96;4.28]
1.81
[0.72;4.51]
1.97 ***
[1.55;2.51]
1.17
[0.65;2.11]
2.82 ***
[1.70;4.67]
 Number of lifetime partners 1.00
[0.99;1.02]
0.97
[0.91;1.04]
1.00
[0.97;1.03]
1.01
[0.98;1.05]
1.05
[0.94;1.17]
1.00
[0.92;1.10]
Symptoms
 Any symptoms 1.66
[0.97;2.84]
2.33
[0.95;5.72]
0.75
[0.17;3.29]
2.07 ***
[1.44;2.97]
1.86
[0.96;3.62]
1.53
[0.66;3.58]
 Number of symptoms 1 1.81 ***
[1.50;2.19]
1.56 **
[1.19;2.05]
2.58 **
[1.41;4.71]
1.76 ***
[1.52;2.04]
1.73 ***
[1.34;2.25]
2.10 ***
[1.44;3.07]
Test for Equality: Pre-CTC vs. CTC Scale-up p=0.7401 p=0.3729

OR = odds ratio, 95% CI = 95% confidence interval

1

Mean number of symptoms for clients with any symptoms

*

p<0.05;

**

p<0.01;

***

p<0.001