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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Health. 2015 Mar;12(1):39–47. doi: 10.1071/SH14101

Table 5. Independent correlates of viral infections (HBV and HPV).

Risk factors HBV HPV
Positive n = 82 N (%) Negative n = 572 N (%) OR (95% CI) aOR (95% CI)A Positive n = 218 N (%) Negative n = 436 N (%) OR (95% CI) aOR (95% CI)A
City in Vietnam
 Hanoi 33 (15.2) 184 (84.8) 1.0 42 (19.4) 175 (80.6) 1.0 1.0
 HCMC 30 (10.5) 256 (89.5) 1.5 (0.9, 2.6) 169 (59.1) 117 (40.9) 0.2 (0.1, 0.3)*** 0.2 (0.1, 0.3)***
 Nha Trang 19 (12.6) 132 (87.4) 1.2 (0.7, 2.3) 7 (4.6) 144 (95.4) 4.9 (2.2, 11.3)*** 5.6 (2.4, 13.2)***
Age <21 years
 Yes 26 (10.1) 232 (89.9) 0.7 (0.4, 1.1) 75 (29.1) 183 (70.9) 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) 0.7 (0.5, 1.1)
 No 56 (14.1) 340 (85.9) 143 (36.1) 253 (63.9)
Lower income (Vietnam Dong)
 <3 875 000 (median) 44 (13.5) 283 (86.5) 1.2 (0.7, 1.9) 99 (30.3) 228 (69.7) 0.8 (0.5, 1.1)
 ≥3 875 000 38 (11.6) 289 (88.4) 119 (36.4) 208 (63.6)
Homeless 14 (18.0) 64 (82.0) 1.6 (0.9,3.1) 25 (32.1) 53 (67.9) 0.9 (0.6, 1.6)
 (30 days) 68 (11.8) 508 (88.2) 193 (33.5) 383 (66.5)
Sex with elective 18 (15.1) 101 (84.9) 1.3 (0.7, 2.3) 59 (49.6) 60 (50.4) 2.3 (1.6, 3.5)*** 2.3 (1.3, 4.0)**
 men partners (30 days) 64 (12.0) 471 (88.0) 159 (29.7) 376 (70.3)
Sex with women 38 (12.4) 268 (87.6) 1.0 (0.6, 1.6) 88 (28.8) 218 (71.2) 0.7 (0.5, 0.9)
 (30 days) 44 (12.6) 304 (87.4) 130 (37.4) 218 (62.6)
Foreign sex 19 (11.0) 153 (89.0) 0.8 (0.5, 1.4) 57 (33.1) 115 (66.9) 1.0 (0.7, 1.4)
 client (30 days) 63 (13.1) 419 (86.9) 161 (33.4) 321 (66.6)
Ampetamine use 14 (12.0) 103 (88.0) 0.9 (0.5, 1.7) 60 (51.3) 57 (48.7) 2.5 (1.7, 3.8)***
 (30 days) 68 (12.7) 469 (87.3) 158 (29.4) 379 (70.6)
HIV+
 Yes 4 (13.8) 25 (86.2) 1.1 (0.4, 3.3) 13 (44.8) 16 (55.2) 1.7 (0.8, 3.5)
 No 78 (12.5) 547 (87.5) 205 (32.8) 420 (67.2)
Mean no. of sex 8.2 9.7 t=0.87 12.1 8.3 t=−2.85 1.0 (1.0, 1.0)***
Work clients (30 days) P=0.39 P=0.005**

Bold numbers represent statistical significance below <0.05; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HPV, human papillomavirus; OR, odds ratio; aOR, adjusted odds ratio; HCMC, Ho Chi Minh City

**

P<0.01

***

P<0.001.

A

Age and city forced into all logistic regression models.