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. 2014 Aug 6;17(1):18849. doi: 10.7448/IAS.17.1.18849

Table 2.

Factors associated with HIV seroconversions in MSM cohort in Guangzhou and Yangzhou, China

Yangzhou Guangzhou

Bivariate analysis Multivariate analysis Bivariate analysis Multivariate analysis

Factors n OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p n OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p
Age (years)
 20–40 5 (134) 1 1 11 (176) 1
 >40 6 (57) 3.03 (0.88–10.38) 0.044 0.57 (0.29–1.12) 0.107 1 (12) 1.50 (0.17–12.80) 0.527
Education level
 Middle school or lower 7 (66) 3.44 (0.40–29.22) 0.430 2 (15) 2.68 (0.50–14.27)
 High school 3 (86) 1.15 (0.11–11.53) 1.000 3 (45) 1.24 (0.31–5.03)
 College or higher 1 (39) 1 7 (128) 1
Marital status
 Single 1 (70) 1 1 7 (147) 1
 Married 10 (114) 0.15 (0.02–1.20) 0.053 0.63 (0.29–53.00) 0.074 4 (34) 2.67 (0.73–9.69) 0.128
 Divorced 0 (7) 1 (7) 3.33 (0.35–31.59) 0.316
Commercial sex in the past 6 months
 Yes 1 (9) 2.15 (0.24–18.91) 0.420 1 (8) 2.19 (0.25–19.46) 0.416
 No 10 (182) 1 11 (180) 1
Condom use during last commercial sex encounter
 Yes 1 (5) 1 1 (6) 1
 No 0 (4) 0 (2)
Anal sex with a man in the past 6 months
 Yes 7 (117) 1.11 (0.31–3.94) 1.000 11 (107) 9.28 (1.17–73.43) 0.013 9.16 (1.15–72.53) 0.036
 No 4 (74) 1 1 (82) 1 1
Condom use during last anal sex with a man
 Yes 2 (39) 1 3 (71) 1 1
 No 5 (78) 1.31 (0.24–7.12) 0.747 8 (36) 0.15 (0.04–0.62) 0.006 6.47 (1.60–26.20) 0.009
Sex with female partners in the past 6 months
 Yes 10 (106) 8.75 (1.09–69.78) 0.024 4.47 (0.53–37.75) 0.168 3 (50) 0.88 (0.23–3.39) 1.000
 No 1 (85) 1 1 9 (133) 1
Condom use during last sexual encounter with a female partner
 Yes 1 (51) 1 1 1 (23) 1
 No 9 (55) 11.11 (1.36–90.25) 0.008 9.78 (1.19–80.24) 0.034 2 (27) 1.76 (0.14–20.76) 1.000
STD-associated symptom in the past 12 months
 Yes 1 (19) 0.90 (0.11–7.44) 0.922 2 (28) 1.15 (0.24–5.57) 0.694
 No 10 (172) 1 10 (160) 1
Diagnosed with an STD in the past 12 months
 Yes 1 (17) 1.05 (0.72–1.54) 0.793 3 (51) 0.88 (0.23–3.42) 1.000
 No 10 (174) 1 9 (137) 1
Syphilis positive
 Yes 7 (50) 5.57 (1.55–19.96) 0.008 5.13 (1.30–20.20) 0.019 1 (15) 1.05 (0.12–8.75) 1.000
 No 4 (141) 1 1 11 (173) 1

CI: confidence interval; OR: odd ratio; STD: sexually transmitted disease.