Table 2.

Characteristics associated with heavy alcohol use among HIV-infected FSWs and HIV-infected male clients in multivariable analyses

Characteristic	Female sex workers		Male clients
	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)	P value	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)	P value
Age
Youngest tertilea	4.69 (2.14–10.30)	<0.01	0.56 (0.27–1.17)	0.29
Middle tertile	1.62 (0.72–3.64)		0.82 (0.42–1.60)
Oldest tertile	Referent		Referent
Income
<median number of rupees/month	N/Ab	N/A	1.68 (0.95–2.98)	0.07
>/=median rupee/month	N/A		Referent
Education
No formal education	1.91 (0.85–4.26)	0.12	N/A	N/A
Formal education	Referent		N/A
Physical health score
Highest tertilec	2.43 (1.09–5.45)	0.04	N/A	N/A
Middle tertile	2.53 (1.14–5.60)		N/A
Lowest tertile	Referent		N/A

^aAge tertiles (in years) for women: 22–28, 29–31, and 32–50; for men: 20–29, 30–35, and 36–49

^bItems marked “N/A” did not meet criteria for inclusion into the multivariate model (see “Methods”)

^cPhysical health score tertiles for women: 24.2–38.4, 38.5–42.5, and 42.6–54.0