Table 5.

Multivariate logistic analysis of the risk of HSV-2 infection in males and females, 1992–3, Vaud-Fribou rg, Ticino

	males			females
	Odds Ratio	95% CI	P value	Odds Ratio	95% CI	P value
Region
Vaud-Fribourga	1.00	---	---	1.00	---	---
Ticino	0.97	0.70–1.34	0.85	1.53	1.14–2.05	0.004
Age group
35–44	0.96	0.64–1.43	0.83	0.79	0.55–1.12	0.19
45–54a	1.00	---	---	1.00	---	---
55–64	0.89	0.56–1.40	0.61	0.87	0.57–1.32	0.52
Marital status
Single	1.24	0.69–2.23	0.48	1.57	0.89–2.79	0.12
Marrieda	1.00	---	---	1.00	---	---
Sep/divorced	1.70	0.93–3.13	0.08	2.35	1.52–3.63	<0.001
Widowed	7.23	1.85–28.3	0.005	2.10	1.08–4.06	0.027
Educational level
Low	1.25	0.80–1.97	0.329	0.63	0.44–0.91	0.015
Mediuma	1.00	---	---	1.00	---	---
High	1.56	0.94–2.61	0.08	0.99	0.61–1.63	0.98
Very high	2.01	1.19–3.39	0.009	0.63	0.29–1.33	0.22
Size of commune
<1500	0.79	0.52–1.20	0.27	0.61	0.41–0.91	0.015
1500–10'000a	1.00	---	---	1.00	---	---
>10'000	0.93	0.61–1.44	0.77	1.03	0.71–1.51	0.86
HSV-1-infected
Noa	1.00	---	---	1.00	---	---
Yes	0.79	0.52–1.23	0.30	0.58	0.39–0.85	0.006

^a reference strata for the logistic analysis. Odds ratios for a given variable are adjusted for the other variables in the Table