Table II.

Demographic, Behavioral and Clinical Correlates of prior HBV Infection among Rural Ugandan Adults^a

	Univariate Prevalence Risk Ratios	95%CIb	p	Multivariate Prevalence Risk Ratiosc	95% CI	p
Age groupd
<20	1.0 (ref)	-
20–29	2.94	1.09–7.93	0.033	2.63	0.98–7.12	0.056
30–49	3.95	1.54–10.10	0.004	3.37	1.31–8.66	0.012
≥50	5.05	1.97–13.0	0.001	4.37	1.70–11.2	0.002
Male gender	1.06	0.84–1.32	0.636	1.07	0.85–1.35	0.566
3+ Lifetime sex partners	1.51	1.15–1.99	0.003	1.27	0.95–1.69	0.101
Regularly use condoms	1.11	0.76–1.63	0.569
Prior blood transfusions	1.39	0.75–2.67	0.320
Recent medical injections	1.01	0.80–1.26	0.941
HIV-1 infected	1.31	1.00–1.73	0.048	1.31	1.00–1.71	0.046
Syphilis seroreactivee	1.49	1.12–2.01	0.007	1.35	1.01–1.79	0.039

^aHBV infection defined as expression of anti-HBc and/or HBsAg

^bCI, confidence intervals

^cAll variables with p<0.1 in univariate analysis were included in the multivariate model

^dAge in years

^eReactive on nontreponemal screening test, including RPR (reactive plasma reagin) or TRUST (toludine red unheated serum test)