Table 1.
Syphilis infection in relation to sociodemography in HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals at St Paul's Hospital, 2010
| HIV positive |
HIV negative |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Number (%) tested | Number (%) positive for syphilis | Crude OR (95% CI) | Number (%) tested | Number (%) positive for syphilis | Crude OR (95% CI) |
| Residence | ||||||
| Rural | 14 (4.6) | 0 | 18 (8) | 0 | ||
| Urban | 292 (95.4) | 30 (10.3) | – | 206 (92) | 3 (1.5) | – |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 179 (58.5) | 16 (8.9) | 1 | 114 (50.9) | 1 (0.9) | 1 |
| Male | 127 (41.5) | 14 (11) | 1.26 (0.59 to 2.69) | 110 (49.1) | 2 (1.8) | 2.1 (0.18 to 23.4) |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| <19 | 2 (0.7) | 0 | – | 52 (23.2) | 1 (1.9) | 1.84 (0.11 to 30.1) |
| 20–29 | 65 (21.2) | 4 (6.2) | 1 | 95 (42.4) | 1 (1.1) | 1 |
| 30–39 | 156 (51) | 13 (8.3) | 1.39 (0.41 to 4.42) | 47 (21) | 0 | – |
| 40–49 | 59 (19.3) | 10 (16.9) | 3.11 (0.92 to 10.5) | 19 (8.5) | 1 (5.3) | 5.2 (0.31 to 87.4) |
| >50 | 24 (7.8) | 3 (12.5) | 2.18 (0.45 to 10.5) | 11 (4.9) | 0 | – |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 60 (19.6) | 5 (8.3) | 1.41 (0.39 to 5.1) | 146 (65.2) | 3 (2.1) | – |
| Married | 163 (53.3) | 20 (12.3) | 2.2 (0.79 to 6) | 60 (26.8) | 0 | |
| Divorced/widowed | 83 (27.1) | 5 (6) | 1 | 18 (8) | 0 | |
| Religion | ||||||
| Orthodox | 228 (74.5) | 24 (10.5) | 2.1 (0.47 to 9.1) | 170 (75.9) | 3 (1.8) | – |
| Protestant | 41 (13.4) | 4 (9.8) | 1.9 (0.32 to 10.9) | 25 (11.2) | 0 | |
| Muslim | 37 (12.1) | 2 (5.4) | 1 | 29 (12.9) | 0 | |
| Educational status | ||||||
| Illiterate | 41 (13.4) | 9 (22) | 4.78 (0.96 to 23.8) | 13 (5.8) | 0 | |
| Primary school | 95 (31) | 8 (8.4) | 1.56 (0.32 to 7.74) | 51 (22.8) | 0 | |
| Secondary school | 134 (43.8) | 11 (8.2) | 1.52 (0.32 to 7.19) | 124 (55.4) | 2 (1.6) | – |
| Certificate and above | 36 (11.8) | 2 (5.6) | 1 | 36 (16.1) | 1 (2.8) | |
| Occupation | ||||||
| Government employee | 41 (13.4) | 3 (7.3) | 1 | 29 (12.9) | 1 (3.4) | 1 |
| Private employee | 82 (26.8) | 8 (9.8) | 1.37 (0.34 to 5.46) | 71 (31.7) | 1 (1.4) | 0.4 (0.02 to 6.62) |
| Housewife | 63 (20.6) | 6 (9.5) | 1.33 (0.31 to 5.66) | 21 (9.4) | 0 | – |
| Student | 5 (1.6) | 0 | – | 41 (18.3) | 1 (2.4) | 0.7 (0.04 to 11.67) |
| Merchant | 35 (11.4) | 4 (11.4) | 1.63 (0.34 to 7.86) | 19 (8.5) | 0 | |
| Housemaid | 11 (3.6) | 3 (27.3) | 4.75 (0.81 to 27.9) | 7 (3.1) | 0 | |
| No work | 69 (22.5) | 6 (8.7) | 1.21 (0.29 to 5.11) | 36 (16.1) | 0 | |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Amhara | 156 (51) | 14 (9) | 1 | 117 (52.2) | 2 (1.7) | 1 |
| Oromo | 87 (28.4) | 9 (10.3) | 1.2 (0.49 to 2.83) | 64 (28.6) | 1 (1.6) | 0.9 (0.08 to 10.3) |
| Others | 63 (20.6) | 7 (11.1) | 1.3 (0.49 to 3.3) | 43 (19.2) | 0 | – |