Table 3.
Factors associated with prevalent HIV infection among spouses of injection drug users enrolled in the Madras Injection Drug User and AIDS Cohort Study, Chennai, India, 2009 (n = 400)
| Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|
| Age (per 10 years) | 1.05 (0.69 - 1.60) |
| Education status | |
| None | 1 |
| At least primary level education | 1.54 (0.32 - 7.35) |
| Duration of marriage (per 5 years) | 0.97 (0.63 - 1.50) |
| Employment status | |
| Daily wages | 1 |
| Weekly/monthly wages | 5.59 (1.14 - 7.27) |
| Employed | 5.11 (0.45 - 58.7) |
| Family income (rupees) | |
| < 500 | 1 |
| 500-1500 | 5 (1.09 - 22.9) |
| >1500 | 4.81 (0.95 - 24.5) |
| Alcohol use | |
| None | 1 |
| < 1/week | 0.66 (0.08 - 5.42) |
| ≥1/week | 2.29 (0.46 - 11.5) |
| Ever used non-injection drugs | 0.88 (0.18 - 4.22) |
| Lifetime number of sexual partners | |
| 1 | 1 |
| >1 | 2.55 (0.64 - 10.1) |
| Lifetime condom use with regular partner | |
| Never | 1 |
| Sometimes | 3.04 (0.67 - 13.9) |
| Always | 9.13 (1.93 - 43.2) |
| Ever exchanged sex for money/drugs | 1.06 (0.13 - 8.62) |
| Had sex with someone known to be HIV+ | 11.6 (3.15 - 42.8) |
| HIV status of husband | |
| Negative | 1 |
| Positive | 17.9 (3.73 - 86.3) |
| Ever experienced sexual violence | 0.47 (0.12 - 1.85) |
*Results from logistic regression analysis; OR, odds ratio; CI; confidence interval