Table 1.

Risk factors for contracting STI among cases and controls by gender in bivariate analysis, Zvishavane, 2007

Variable		Males (n=105)			Females (n=126)
		Cases	Controls	OR	Cases	Controls	OR
		(n=35)	(n=70)	(95% CI)	(n=42)	(n=84)	(95% CI)
Drinking alcohol	Yes	18	19	2.84	8	11	1.56
	No	17	51	(1.22–6.63)	34	73	(0.58–4.23)
Always condom use	Yes	4	18	0.37	2	26	0.11
	No	31	52	(0.12–1.20)	40	58	(0.03–0.50)
Give payment for sex	Yes	18	3	23.65	9	11	1.81
	No	17	67	(6.23–89.69)	33	73	(0.68–4.78)
Sex under alcohol	Yes	14	6	7.11	8	9	1.96
influence	No	21	64	(2.42 –20.85)	34	75	(0.70–5.52)
Have regular sex	Yes	19	4	0.89	24	42	1.33
partner	No	16	30	(0.39–2.01)	18	42	(0.63–2.81)
No condom use at	Yes	4	28	5.17	8	31	2.49
first sexual	No	31	42	(1.64–16.25)	34	53	(1.02–6.04)
intercourse
Condom use at last	Yes	2	22	0.13	7	33	0.31
sexual intercourse	No	33	48	(0.03–0.60)	35	51	(0.12–0.78)
Relation duration	Yes	28	21	9.33	18	16	3.19
less than 12 months	No	7	49	(3.53–24.70)	24	68	(1.41–7.23)
Not Apostolic/	Yes	26	43	1.81	34	45	3.68
Pentecostal in	No	9	27	(0.74–4.45)	8	39	(1.53–8.89)
religion
Lived with partner	Yes	9	33	0.19	16	34	0.47
past six months	No	10	7	(0.06–0.64)	8	8	(0.14–1.48)
Relation last sex	Yes	2	40	0.05	23	43	1.15
partner was spouse	No	33	30	(0.01–0.20)	19	41	(0.55–2.43)
Less than 2 sex	Yes	15	69	0.01	29	77	0.20
partners past 3	No	20	1	(0.001–0.09)	13	7	(0.07–0.56)
months
Less than 3 sex	Yes	9	55	0.09	22	69	0.24
partners in life	No	26	15	(0.04–0.24)	20	15	(0.10–0.55)