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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 28.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2014 Nov 28;28(18):2763–2769. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000491

Table 3.

Association between syndemic factors and HIV incidence

Unadjusted Models1 Multivariable Models2
OR (95% CI) P-value aOR (95% CI) P-value
Major depressive disorder 1.44 (1.15 to 1.81) 0.002 1.19 (0.94 to 1.51) 0.15
Substance use disorder 5.79 (4.99 to 6.73) <0.001 3.71 (3.12 to 4.40) <0.001
Alcohol use disorder 1.68 (1.47 to 1.92) <0.001 1.31 (1.16 to 1.47) <0.001
Intimate partner violence 2.93 (2.22 to 3.86) <0.001 2.28 (1.64 to 3.18) <0.001
Additive syndemic factors 1.73 (1.56 to 1.93) <0.001 1.46 (1.30 to 1.65) <0.001
Restricted to Women Only
Major depressive disorder 1.64 (1.29 to 2.10) <0.001 1.60 (1.22 to 2.09) 0.001
Substance use disorder ** **
Alcohol use disorder 1.01 (0.82 to 1.24) 0.95 1.00 (0.78 to 1.27) 0.97
Intimate partner violence 3.81 (2.11 to 6.86) <0.001 2.32 (1.18 to 4.55) 0.015
Additive syndemic factors 1.62 (1.28 to 2.04) <0.001 1.47 (1.11 to 1.95) 0.008
Restricted to Men Only
Major depressive disorder 1.44 (0.89 to 2.33) 0.13 0.93 (0.57 to 1.52) 0.78
Substance use disorder 7.85 (6.52 to 9.44) <0.001 4.27 (3.35 to 4.45) <0.001
Alcohol use disorder 1.72 (1.49 to 1.98) <0.001 1.44 (1.29 to 1.61) <0.001
Intimate partner violence 2.32 (2.05 to 2.63) <0.001 2.33 (1.87 to 2.89) <0.001
Additive syndemic factors 1.76 (1.60 to 1.94) <0.001 1.49 (1.32 to 1.68) <0.001
**

No women with substance use disorder had a newly diagnosed HIV infection;

1

Survey-weighted bivariate logistic regression models;

2

Survey-weighted multivariable logistic regression models adjusting for age, sex, sexual identity, race/ethnicity, urbanicity, and education