Table 3.

Regression coefficients and odds ratio for the predictors of STI symptoms and HIV among men who engage in transactional sex with other men.

	STI symptoms			HIV status
	AOR	95% CI	p value	AOR	95% CI	p value
Predictor variables
Age (years)
15–19
20–24	0.90	0.7–1.2	0.436	2.00	1.4–2.7	<0.001
25 and above	0.85	0.6–1.1	0.284	4.14	2.9–5.8	<0.001
Education
None/primary
Secondary	0.83	0.4–1.4	0.496	1.11	0.6–1.9	0.687
Tertiary	0.80	0.5–1.4	0.455	1.37	0.7–2.2	0.276
Marital status
Married living with spouse
Married living other sexual partner	1.71	0.4–7.0	0.453	2.63	0.6–11.8	0.206
Married not living with sexual partner	0.51	0.1–2.47	0.411	2.12	0.6–6.9	0.215
Not married living with sexual partner	1.40	0.8–2.36	0.199	1.84	1.0–3.3	0.047
Not married, not living with sexual partner	0.80	0.5–1.2	0.802	1.87	1.1–3.0	<0.01
Oral sex with another man
Yes
No	0.51	0.4–0.6	0.00	0.77	0.6–0.9	<0.02
Alcohol consumption
Daily
At least once a week	0.67	0.4–0.9	0.02	2.12	1.2–3.7	<0.001
Less than once a week	0.60	0.4–0.8	0.00	4.06	2.3–6.9	<0.001
Never	0.55	0.4–0.7	0.00	3.90	2.2–6.6	<0.001
Lubricant use
Yes
No	0.98	0.7–1.2	0.91	0.65	0.5–0.8	<0.001
Ever been forced to have sex with male partner
Yes
No	0.58	0.4–0.7	0.00	0.76	0.7–1.2	0.761
Type of anal sex
Insertive only
Receptive only	0.88	0.6–1.1	0.37	1.46	1.1–1.9	<0.001
Both	1.3	1.1–1.6	0.00	1.40	1.1–1.8	<0.001