Table 1. Selected Socio-Demographic and Risk Characteristics and Associations With Prevalent HIV Infection Among 160 High-Risk Women Participating in the Young Women's Health Study in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
| Prevalence of Characteristic | Prevalent HIV Infection | ||||
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| Characteristic | N/Median | %/IQR | N/Median | %/IQR | OR (95% CI) |
| Overall | 37 | 23.13 | |||
| Age (yr) | 25 (21–27) | 26 (24–28) | 1.17 (1.04-1.31)*† | ||
| 16–18 | 13 | 8.1 | 1 | 7.8 | 1.0 |
| 19–24 | 64 | 40 | 12 | 18.8 | 2.8 (0.3–23.4) |
| 25–29 | 83 | 51.8 | 24 | 28.9 | 4.9 (0.6–39.6) |
| Marital status | |||||
| Never married | 57 | 35.6 | 9 | 15.8 | 1.0 |
| Married—living together | 24 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 1.78 (0.55–5.70) |
| Widowed/divorced/separated | 79 | 49.4 | 21 | 28.4 | 2.06 (0.87–4.89) |
| Education (yr) | 2 (0–4) | 2 (0–2) | 0.74 (0.61-0.89)*† | ||
| None | 64 | 40.0 | 26 | 40.63 | 4.11 (0.85–19.89) |
| Primary (1–6 yr) | 82 | 51.25 | 9 | 10.98 | 0.74 (0.14–3.84) |
| Secondary (7+ yr) | 14 | 8.75 | 2 | 14.29 | 1.0 |
| Type of sex venue (last 30 d) | |||||
| Entertainment | 51 | 31.9 | 5 | 9.8 | 1.0 |
| Brothel | 23 | 9.2 | 4 | 17.4 | 1.94 (0.47) |
| Freelance | 59 | 39.3 | 22 | 37.3 | 5.47 (1.89-15.84)‡ |
| Multiple | 27 | 16.9 | 5 | 19.2 | 2.62 (0.72–9.59) |
| Length of employment as SW (yr) | 4.3 (2.5–6.3) | 4.3 (2.7–5.9) | 0.95 (0.85–1.05) | ||
| Have a manager, boss, or supervisor | |||||
| No | 82 | 53.6 | 24 | 29.3 | 1.0 |
| Yes | 71 | 46.4 | 10 | 14.1 | 0.40 (0.17-0.9)‡ |
| Age at first sex | |||||
| ≤15 | 32 | 20.1 | 12 | 37.5 | 2.45 (1.06-5.66)‡ |
| >15 | 127 | 79.9 | 25 | 19.7 | 1.0 |
| No. sex partners in last 30 d | 30 (10–90) | 44 (20–100) | |||
| ≤10 | 45 | 28.1 | 6 | 13.3 | 1.0 |
| 11–50 | 53 | 33.1 | 16 | 30.2 | 2.81 (1.0-7.96)‡ |
| ≥50 | 62 | 38.8 | 15 | 24.2 | 2.07 (0.74–5.85) |
| Condom use with last paying partner | |||||
| Consistent (always) | 108 | 85.7 | 25 | 23.2 | 1.0 |
| Inconsistent | 18 | 14.3 | 6 | 33.3 | 1.66 (0.57–4.87) |
| Condom use with last non-paying partner | |||||
| Consistent (always) | 7 | 20.6 | 1 | 14.3 | 1.0 |
| Inconsistent | 27 | 79.4 | 5 | 18.5 | 1.36 (0.13–14.0) |
| Ever tested for HIV | |||||
| No | 58 | 36.5 | 19 | 18.8 | 1.0 |
| Yes | 101 | 63.5 | 18 | 31.0 | 1.94 (0.92–4.10) |
| No. days drunk (last mo) | 5 (1–20) | 2 (1–10) | 0.96 (0.91-0.99)*‡ | ||
| 0–4 | 89 | 55.6 | 27 | 30.3 | 1.0 |
| 5–19 | 33 | 20.6 | 6 | 18.2 | 0.51 (0.19–1.38) |
| >20 | 38 | 23.7 | 4 | 10.5 | 0.27 (0.09-0.84)‡ |
| Yama use last 3 mo | |||||
| No | 120 | 75.0 | 25 | 20.8 | 1.0 |
| Yes | 40 | 25.0 | 12 | 30.0 | 1.63 (0.73–3.65) |
| Crystal/ice use last 3 mo | |||||
| No | 133 | 86.4 | 29 | 21.8 | 1.0 |
| Yes | 21 | 13.6 | 4 | 19.1 | 0.84 (0.26–2.70) |
| Ever used any drug prior to/during sex | |||||
| No | 109 | 68.1 | 22 | 20.2 | 1.0 |
| Yes | 51 | 31.9 | 15 | 29.4 | 1.64 (0.77–3.53) |
*
Variable use as continuous.
†
P ≤ 0.01.
‡
P ≤ 0.05.
HIV indicates human immunodeficiency virus; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; IQR, interquartile range; SW, sex workers.