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. 2009 Mar 19;19(2):56–62. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20080061

Table 2. Age- and multivariate-adjusted logistic regression analysis for risk of HSV-1 infection in men and women in Hisayama, Japan.

  Men Women


  Participants
at risk Positive
for HSV-1 Age-adjusted OR 
(95% CI) P value Multivariate-adjusted OR 
(95% CI) P value Participants
at risk Positive
for HSV-1 Age-adjusted OR 
(95% CI) P value Multivariate-adjusted OR 
(95% CI) P value
Marital status                        
​ Married 491 281 1 (referent)   1 (referent)   561 368 1 (referent)   1 (referent)  
​ Single 75 33 0.95 (0.55–1.63) 0.84 0.82 (0.47–1.43) 0.48 102 52 1.10 (0.67–1.80) 0.71 0.90 (0.54–1.50) 0.69
Smoking status                        
​ Never 130 80 1 (referent)   1 (referent)   541 353 1 (referent)   1 (referent)  
​ Past 122 73 0.81 (0.49–1.37) 0.44 0.75 (0.44–1.28) 0.27 33 21 1.24 (0.58–2.64) 0.58 1.15 (0.53–2.47) 0.79
​ Current 318 163 0.70 (0.46–1.07) 0.10 0.66 (0.42–1.02) 0.06 91 47 0.75 (0.47–1.20) 0.23 0.72 (0.45–1.17) 0.19
Alcohol intake                        
​ Never 119 53 1 (referent)   1 (referent)   363 229 1 (referent)   1 (referent)  
​ Past 23 16 2.37 (0.89–6.31) 0.08 2.41 (0.89–6.54) 0.08 24 14 0.81 (0.34–1.94) 0.64 0.88 (0.36–2.17) 0.78
​ Current 428 247 1.65 (1.09–2.51) 0.02 1.81 (1.17–2.79) 0.007 278 178 1.15 (0.82–1.61) 0.43 1.17 (0.83–1.65) 0.38

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; Multivariate adjustment was made for age, marital status, smoking status, and alcohol intake.