Table 2.

Multivariable Associations of HHV8 seropositivity in The Uganda HHV8/AIDS Serobehavioral Survey (2004/05)^a

Population	Males			Females			Males and females
Characteristic	aOR	95% CI	P value*	aOR	95% CI	P value*	aOR	95% CI	P value*
Gender							0.82	0.69–0.97	0.019
Age, per year	1.012	1.0–1.023	0.033	1.022	1.01–1.036	0.002	1.017	1.01–1.025	<0.0001**
Residence
Urban				Ref.
Rural				1.16	0.78–1.72	0.475
Region			0.027			0.101			0.021
Central	Reference	1.00		Reference			Reference	1.00
Kampala	0.92	0.55–1.55	0.762	0.76	0.43–1.34	0.190	0.79	0.54–1.14	0.204
East Central	0.53	0.32–0.85	0.009	1.05	0.68–1.62	0.988	0.76	0.54–1.06	0.106
Eastern	1.04	0.60–1.78	0.899	0.90	0.53–1.54	0.466	0.96	0.64–1.45	0.853
Northeastern	1.00	0.59–1.71	0.991	1.00	0.59–1.69	0.805	0.99	0.65–1.50	0.953
North Central	1.07	0.65–1.75	0.801	1.12	0.71–1.76	0.714	1.07	0.75–1.53	0.689
West Nile	1.23	0.70–2.16	0.467	1.86	1.15–2.99	0.001	1.49	1.02–2.18	0.038
Western	1.15	0.68–1.94	0.601	1.21	0.75–1.94	0.408	1.18	0.81–1.72	0.400
Southwestern	0.72	0.44–1.18	0.195	0.86	0.53–1.39	0.251	0.79	0.55–1.13	0.196
Marital status						0.251
Never-married				Ref.	1.00
Married				0.97	0.70–1.35	0.981
Widowed				1.27	0.75–2.17	0.115
Divorced/separated				0.71	0.43–1.18	0.066
Education			0.062**			0.224**			<0.010**
None	Reference	1.00		Reference	1.00		Reference	1.00
Primary	0.63	0.39–1.02	0.061	0.92	0.67–1.26	0.444	0.79	0.61–1.03	0.087
Secondary	0.55	0.32–0.92	0.024	0.84	0.57–1.24	0.999	0.68	0.51–0.92	0.011
Higher level	0.55	0.29–1.05	0.071	0.64	0.31–1.32	0.296	0.63	0.39–1.02	0.057

Note: 95% CI 95% confidence interval; aOR adjusted odds ratio;

^aall associations are adjusted for each other.

^*P values for association is for heterogeneity.

^**P value for trend.