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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 11.
Published in final edited form as: Int J STD AIDS. 2014 Dec 12;26(13):929–940. doi: 10.1177/0956462414563625

Table 2.

Correlates of HIV infection among men, Kisumu Incidence Cohort Study, Kenya, 2007–2010.

HIV Prevalence at Screening
Bivariate
Multiple Regression
N % OR (95% CI) p-value aOR** (95% CI) p-value
Age* 1.20 (1.11, 1.29) <.0001 1.21 (1.07, 1.35) .0017
Marital status .0373 .2976
 Single/never married 21 5.3 Ref Ref
 Married/living as married 12 9.8 1.95 (0.93, 4.08) 0.47 (0.14, 1.57)
 Separated/divorced/widowed 2 25.0 6.00 (1.14, 31.54) 2.08 (0.24, 18.07)
Religion .5776
 Roman Catholic 11 5.2 Ref
 Protestant or other Christian 15 6.8 1.32 (0.59, 2.94)
 Muslim/Nomiya/Other 7 8.1 1.58 (0.59, 4.23)
 No religion 2 13.3 2.78 (0.56, 13.90)
Highest education level .0030 .2421
 Never attended school 6 27.3 9.25 (2.67, 32.08) 4.47 (0.95, 21.06)
 Primary school 12 7.6 2.01 (0.74, 5.51) 1.41 (0.42, 4.74)
 Secondary school 11 5.7 1.48 (0.54, 4.10) 1.15 (0.38, 3.50)
 Post-secondary schoola 6 3.9 Ref Ref
Currently working .8029
 Yes 16 6.9 1.09 (0.55, 2.17)
 No 19 6.4 ref
Lifetime number of sexual partnersb .3646
 1–2 2 4.4 Ref
 3–4 7 4.7 1.09 (0.22, 5.41)
 5 or more 25 7.9 1.88 (0.43, 8.20)
Ever had anal sex .2108 .1577
 Yes 3 3.4 0.46 (0.14, 1.55) 0.37 (0.09, 1.48)
 No 31 7.0 Ref Ref
Ever had oral sex .9831
 Yes 9 6.6 1.01 (0.46, 2.21)
 No 26 6.6 Ref
Ever been forced into sex .5502
 Yes 6 8.2 1.32 (0.53, 3.30)
 No 29 6.4 Ref
Number of sexual partners in the past three monthsb .9009 .4761
 0 5 14.3 Ref Ref
 1 5 4.4 0.27 (0.07, 1.00) 0.31 (0.06, 1.59)
 2–3 13 6.1 0.39 (0.13, 1.18) 0.34 (0.08, 1.39)
 4 or more 12 7.3 0.47 (0.16, 1.44) 0.42 (0.10, 1.74)
Any unprotected vaginal or anal sex in the past three months .6114
 Yes 3 4.4 1.38 (0.40, 4.70)
 No 24 6.0 Ref
Sex during special occasions in the past three months .6831
 Yes 10 5.5 0.85 (0.39, 1.86)
 No 20 6.4 Ref
STI history <.0001 .0966
 Never 19 4.3 Ref Ref
 Not recent 10 15.4 4.03 (1.78, 9.12) 2.09 (0.76, 5.78)
 Recent (past three months) 6 24.0 7.00 (2.51, 19.53) 3.40 (0.99, 11.65)
HSV-2 results <.0001 .0489
 Positive 12 20.7 6.82 (3.04, 15.29) 3.13 (1.12, 8.73)
 Indeterminate 7 16.7 5.23 (2.02, 13.55) 3.04 (0.95, 9.71)
 Negative 16 3.7 Ref Ref
Circumcision as confirmed by physical examination (men) .0070 .0109
 Uncircumcised 31 8.9 4.29 (1.49, 12.35) 4.42 (1.41, 13.89)
 Circumcised 4 2.2 Ref Ref
a

Post-secondary education includes technical/vocational training, college, or university.

b

Persons with whom the participant had vaginal or anal sex.

*

Continuous variable.

**

Odds ratios and confidence intervals adjusted for all variables listed in the column (i.e. all variables with p <.25 in bivariate models).