Table 2. Bivariate analysis of behavioral factors for syphilis in women. Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil, 2014.
| Variable | Total | Case | Control | OR | 95%CI | p | |
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| n = 561 | % | n = 239 | n = 322 | ||||
| Level 2 – Behavioral characteristics | |||||||
| Religion | 0.044 | ||||||
| No religion | 208 | 37.1 | 92 | 116 | 1.00 | ||
| Catholic | 177 | 31.6 | 85 | 92 | 1.16 | 0.77–1.74 | |
| Evangelical | 176 | 31.4 | 62 | 114 | 0.68 | 0.45–1.03 | |
| Age in the 1st sexual intercourse (years) | 0.002 | ||||||
| ≥ 18 | 114 | 20.3 | 34 | 80 | 1.00 | ||
| ≤ 17 | 447 | 79.7 | 205 | 242 | 1.99 | 1.28–3.10 | |
| Age in the 1st pregnancy (years) | < 0.001 | ||||||
| ≥ 18 | 302 | 53.8 | 108 | 194 | 1.00 | ||
| ≤ 17 | 259 | 46.2 | 131 | 128 | 1.83 | 1.31–2.57 | |
| Number of pregnancies (previous + current) | 0.002 | ||||||
| 1 | 187 | 33.3 | 62 | 125 | 1.00 | ||
| 2–3 | 256 | 45.6 | 115 | 141 | 1.64 | 1.11–2.43 | |
| ≥ 4 | 118 | 21.0 | 62 | 56 | 2.23 | 1.39–3.58 | |
| Number of sex partnersa | < 0.001 | ||||||
| 1 | 434 | 77.4 | 161 | 273 | 1.00 | ||
| 2 | 75 | 13.4 | 40 | 35 | 1.93 | 1.18–3.17 | |
| ≥ 3 | 52 | 9.3 | 38 | 14 | 4.60 | 2.42–8.75 | |
| Condom use | 0.338 | ||||||
| Always | 60 | 10.7 | 29 | 31 | 1.00 | ||
| Sometimes | 186 | 33.2 | 84 | 102 | 0.88 | 0.49–1.57 | |
| No | 315 | 56.1 | 126 | 189 | 0.71 | 0.40–1.24 | |
| Age at which started smoking (years) | < 0.001 | ||||||
| Does not smoke | 449 | 80.0 | 166 | 283 | 1.00 | ||
| ≥ 18 | 19 | 3.4 | 9 | 10 | 1.53 | 0.61–3.85 | |
| ≤ 17 | 93 | 16.6 | 64 | 64 | 3.76 | 2.33–6.07 | |
| Age at which started drinking (years) | 0.144 | ||||||
| Does not drink | 453 | 80.7 | 187 | 266 | 1.00 | ||
| ≥ 18 | 30 | 5.3 | 11 | 19 | 0.82 | 0.38–1.77 | |
| ≤ 17 | 78 | 13.9 | 41 | 37 | 1.57 | 0.97–2.55 | |
| Age at which started using drugs (years) | < 0.001 | ||||||
| Does not use | 480 | 85.6 | 181 | 299 | 1.00 | ||
| ≥ 18 | 19 | 3.4 | 10 | 9 | 1.83 | 0.73–4.60 | |
| ≤ 17 | 62 | 11.1 | 48 | 14 | 5.66 | 3.03–10.56 | |
| Current partner uses drugs | < 0.001 | ||||||
| No | 454 | 80.9 | 176 | 278 | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 107 | 19.1 | 63 | 44 | 2.26 | 1.47–3.47 | |
| Suffers discriminationa | 0.731 | ||||||
| No | 435 | 77.5 | 187 | 248 | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 126 | 22.5 | 52 | 74 | 0.93 | 0.62–1.39 | |
| Watches television | 0.426 | ||||||
| Everyday | 483 | 86.1 | 209 | 274 | 1.00 | ||
| Sometimes a week | 78 | 13.9 | 30 | 48 | 0.81 | 0.50–1.33 | |
| Listens to the radio | 0.499 | ||||||
| Everyday | 224 | 39.9 | 102 | 122 | 1.00 | ||
| Sometimes a week | 217 | 38.7 | 87 | 130 | 0.24 | 0.54–1.16 | |
| Never | 120 | 21.4 | 50 | 70 | 0.49 | 0.54–1.33 | |
| Access to informationb | 0.140 | ||||||
| Has improved | 396 | 70.6 | 160 | 236 | 1.00 | ||
| Has remained the same | 145 | 25.8 | 67 | 78 | 1.26 | 0.86–1.85 | |
| Has worsened | 20 | 3.6 | 12 | 8 | 2.21 | 0.88–5.53 | |
| Situation of conflictb | 0.070 | ||||||
| No | 434 | 77.4 | 176 | 258 | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 127 | 22.6 | 63 | 64 | 1.44 | 0.97–2.14 | |
a In the last 12 months.
b In the last 5 years.