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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Vox Sang. 2013 Mar 20;105(2):91–99. doi: 10.1111/vox.12028

Table 5.

Disclosed risk factors and demographic characteristics predicting recent infection.1 Adjusted odds ratios (95% CI) and p-values from logistic regression modeling, conditioned on donation center Number of cases 47, number of controls 731.

Effect AOR 95% CI p-value
Behavioral Factors (reference = No)
 MSM or Sex Partner of MSM 13.82 (4.7,40.3) <.0001
 IVDU or Sex Partner of IVDU 11.47 (3.0,43.2) 0.0003
 Potential Job Exposure 4.64 (1.8,12.3) 0.002
Sexual Orientation (reference = Straight/Heterosexual)
 Bisexual 8.26 (1.7,40.3) 0.009
 Gay/Homosexual 1.66 (0.4,6.2) 0.45
 Don’t know/Refused sexual orientation 1.66 (0.3,8.0) 0.53
Gender (reference=female) 1.68 (0.7,4.0) 0.24
Marital Status (reference = Married)
 Single, never married/Don’t know2 4.29 (1.8,10.5) 0.001
 Living together, not married 1.39 (0.4,5.2) 0.63
 Separated/Divorced/Widowed 1.65 (0.3,9.8) 0.59
Donation Type (reference = Community donor)3
 Replacement donor 1.99 (0.8,4.8) 0.13
 Other donation type 0.41 (0.1,2.6) 0.34
Donor Status (reference = Repeat)3
 First time donor 0.71 (0.3,1.7) 0.42
1

Recent infection determined by detuned EIA application

2

One subject responded “don’t know” to marital status. He was included in the “Single” category

3

Donation type and donor status were forced into model