Table 6.

Association Between Correlates of Sexual Activity and HHV-8 Seropositivity in Ugandan Adults >15 years old (N = 1404)

	Females (n=751)		Males (n=653)		All Adults
	No. HHV-8 seropositive/Total	Adjusted OR(95% CI)*	No. HHV-8 seropositive/Total	Adjusted OR(95% CI)*	Adjusted OR(95% CI)†
Number of sex partners
None	13/46	ref	22/59	ref	ref
1	75/218	1.0 (.47–2.1)	27/69	0.92 (.44–1.9)	0.89 (.54–1.5)
2	74/194	1.14 (.54–2.4)	36/77	1.3 (.66–2.6)	1.1 (.66–1.85)
3	43/128	0.97 (.44–2.2)	32/59	1.7 (.79–3.7)	1.1 (.65–1.8)
4+	62/133	1.56 (.70–3.5)	143/339		1.2 (.71–1.9)
		χ2(4)=4.65, P=0.33		0.99 (.53–1.8)	χ2(4)=2.98, P=0.56
History of genital ulcers
No	186/494	ref	208/488	ref	ref
Yes	94/257	0.98 (.71–1.3)	74/165	1.1 (.74–1.5)	0.97 (.76–1.2)
		P=0.88		P=0.78	P=0.78
History of discharge
No	233/617	ref	269/612	ref	ref
Yes	47/134	0.96 (.64–1.4)	13/41	0.56 (.28–1.1)	0.77 (.54–1.1)
		P=0.83		P=0.11	P=0.14
HIV
Negative	252/682	ref	256/601	ref	ref
Positive	20/49	1.2 (.70–2.2)	16/32	1.4 (.67–2.8)	1.3 (.79–2.0)
		P=0.45		P=0.40	P=0.33
HBcAb
Negative	115/369	ref	141/317	ref	†
Positive	164/380	1.5 (1.1–2.1)	137/330	0.82 (.59–1.1)
		P=0.005		P=0.23

NOTE. ^*Adjusted OR (95% CI) and P value reflects results of age-adjusted analysis.

^†Effect of HBcAb seropositivity differed according to gender of participant (P =.002 for HBcAb seropositivity), obviating the all participants’ analysis.