Table 2.
Socio-demographic and behavioural characteristics of women associated with HIV incidence over two years of follow-up
| Incident HIV | No incident HIV | ||||
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| N (%) or mean | 95% CI | N (%) or mean | 95% CI | p | |
| Age (years) | 18.51 | 18.24–18.79 | 18.38 | 18.28–18.48 | 0.38 |
| Education to grade 10 | 109/128 (87.24) | 81.79–91.24 | 847/971 (85.04) | 75.44–91.32 | 0.51 |
| Socioeconomic status (SES) | 0.001 | −0.23–0.23 | 0.009 | −0.08–0.09 | 0.95 |
| Age at first sex | 15.30 | 14.95–15.66 | 15.85 | 15.74–15.96 | 0.001 |
| Childhood trauma | |||||
| Child sexual abuse | |||||
| None | 68/684 (53.54) | 44.07–62.76 | 616/684 (63.37) | 59.87–66.74 | 0.05 |
| Some | 34/257 (26.77) | 20.44–34.22 | 223/257 (22.94) | 20.46–25.63 | |
| Often | 25/158 (19.69) | 13.73–27.40 | 133/158 (13.68) | 11.65–16.0 | |
| Emotional abuse | |||||
| None | 41/496 (32.28) | 23.92–41.96 | 455/496 (46.81) | 43.14–50.52 | <0.01 |
| Some | 49/365 (38.58) | 30.91–46.87 | 316/365 (32.51) | 29.82–35.32 | |
| Often | 37/238 (29.13) | 22.41–36.92 | 201/238 (20.68) | 17.99–23.65 | |
| Physical abuse | |||||
| None | 8/124 (6.3) | 10.19–13.93 | 116/124 (11.93) | 3.21–11.98 | 0.08 |
| Some | 16/171 (12.6) | 13.44–18.81 | 155/171 (15.95) | 7.68–19.98 | |
| Often | 103/804 (81.1) | 72.95–87.23 | 701/804 (72.12) | 68.85–75.17 | |
| Emotional neglect | |||||
| None | 73/651 (57.94) | 49.51–65.92 | 578/651 (59.47) | 56.2–62.65 | 0.44 |
| Some | 33/247 (26.19) | 19.55–34.13 | 214/247 (22.02) | 19.49–24.77 | |
| Often | 20/200 (15.87) | 10.84–22.65 | 180/200 (18.52) | 15.99–21.35 | |
| Adolescent pregnancy | |||||
| None | 96/127 (75.59) | 67.55–82.17 | 823/972 (84.67) | 81.87–87.11 | <0.001 |
| ≤15 years | 10/127 (7.87) | 4.11–14.55 | 21/972 (2.16) | 1.41–3.3 | |
| 16–19 years | 21/127 (16.54) | 10.92–24.24 | 128/972 (13.17) | 10.95–15.75 | |
| HSV2 infection at baseline | 52/128 (40.6) | 31.3–50.0 | 193/971 (19.9) | 17.2–19.6 | <0.001 |