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. 2011 Jun;17(6):1116–1119. doi: 10.3201/eid1706.091810

Table 2. Frequencies of hepatitis C virus seropositivity and/or active hepatitis B virus-HIV coinfection in HIV-infected patients and multivariate odds ratio of association to sociodemographic variables, Spain, 2004–2008*.

Variable HCV seropositivity
HBsAg seropositivity
No. (%) patients Adjusted OR (95% CI) No. (%) patients Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Sex
M 3,012 (21.18) NA 2,952 (6.47) 1.00
F
855 (24.09)


872 (3.67)
0.44 (0.28–0.68)
Age, y
<31 1,168 (9.76) 1.00 1,119 (5.36) NA
31–40 1,532 (24.22) 2.60 (1.84–3.67) 1,515 (5.54)
>40
1,166 (30.79)
3.85 (2.72–5.46)

1,189 (6.64)

Transmission category
Heterosexual 1400 (13) 1.00 1,467 (5.11) 1.00
Injection drug use 639 (89.51) 50.67 (36.85–69.68) 618 (7.77) 1.71 (1.11–2.63)
Men who have sex with men 1,670 (3.53) 0.33 (0.24–0.45) 1,584 (5.81) 1.33 (0.89–1.98)
Other/unknown
158 (19.62)
1.50 (0.97–2.33)

155 (5.16)
0.97 (0.45–2.09)
Level of studies
No studies 272 (32.72) 1.00 262 (8.78) 1.00
Primary school 1,286 (31.18) 0.80 (0.52–1.24) 1,244 (6.75) 0.82 (0.5–1.36)
Secondary school 1,108 (13.09) 0.51 (0.32–0.82) 1,054 (4.27) 0.48 (0.27–0.84)
University 591 (5.75) 0.42 (0.24–0.76) 560 (5.54) 0.61 (0.33–1.12)
Unknown
610 (28.69)
1.05 (0.66–1.67)

704 (5.68)
0.64 (0.37–1.11)
Geographic origin
Spain 2,650 (26.53) 1.00 2,628 (4.91) 1.00
Western Europe 121 (22.31) 1.01 (0.51–2.03) 116 (11.21) 2.38 (1.29–4.39)
Eastern Europe 85 (45.88) 3.76 (2.06–6.83) 83 (8.43) 2.15 (0.96–4.84)
Sub-Saharan Africa 268 (10.07) 0.60 (0.38–0.96) 280 (11.07) 3.63 (2.22–5.92)
North Africa 55 (16.36) 0.51 (0.2–1.34) 55 (10.91) 2.96 (1.21–7.23)
Latin America 648 (4.94) 0.45 (0.29–0.69) 622 (5.63) 1.30 (0.87–1.93)
Other/unknown 40 (17.5) 0.81 (0.26–2.5) 40 (5.00) 0.98 (0.23–4.15)

*Variables included in the multivariate analyses: gender, transmission category, age at entry into cohort, and educational level. HCV, hepatitis C virus; HBsAg, hepatitis B virus surface antigen; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; NA, not associated in the model.