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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2017 Aug;21(8):2401–2411. doi: 10.1007/s10461-017-1844-0

Table 3.

Factors associated with prevalence of recent HIV testing using three regression models on original (n=936) and imputed (1295) data of female sex workers in Iran, 2015

Variables Crude Analysis Adjusted Modela Adjusted Imputed Modelb

PR* (95% CI) PR (95% CI) PR (95% CI)
Type of sample
 Facility-based 1 1 1
 Outreach 0.45 (0.30, 0.67)e 0.64 (0.47, 0.87)e 0.55 (0.38,0.80)e

Education
 Illiterate 1 1 1
 Primary school or less 1.16 (0.95, 1.42) 0.91 (0.80, 1.04) 0.99 (0.85,1.16)
 Middle and high school 1.25 (0.98, 1.62)c 0.94 (0.85, 1.06) 1.05 (0.87,1.26)
 Diploma and above 1.35 (0.98, 1.86)c 0.96 (0.89, 1.04) 1.08 (0.93,1.25)

Unstable housing
 Stable 1 1 1
 Unstable 1.13 (0.95, 1.34) 1.02 (0.92, 1.14) 1.08 (0.97,1.20)

Incarceration history *
 No 1 1 1
 Yes 1.15 (1.01, 1.31)d 1.1 (1.00, 1.20)d 1.08 (0.98,1.20)c

Experienced sexual violence *
 No 1 1 1
 Yes 1.09 (0.97, 1.22) 1.01 (0.89, 1.12) 1.02 (0.91,1.14)

HIV Comprehensive knowledge
 Insufficient 1 1 1
 Sufficient 1.13 (1.03, 1.26)d 1.01 (0.95, 1.08) 1.02 (0.96,1.08)

Self-perceived risk for HIV
 No risk 1 1 1
 Yes (low, moderate, high) 1.11 (1.00, 1.23)d 0.99 (0.92, 1.06) 1.05 (0.96,1.16)

Number of paying partners ***
 0 1 1 1
 1 1.08 (0.97, 1.22) 1.01 (0.92, 1.10) 1.01 (0.92,1.12)
 2–5 1.03 (0.85, 1.25) 0.99 (0.86, 1.50) 0.96 (0.84,1.10)
 >5 1.24 (1.03, 1.50)d 1.20 (1.05, 1.35)e 1.16 (1.02,1.33)e

Number of non-paying partners ***
 0 1 1 1
 1 0.92 (0.83, 1.02) 0.89 (0.84, 0.95)e 0.94 (0.87,1.00)d
 >1 1.08 (0.96, 1.23) 1.07 (1.00, 1.16)d 1.05 (0.96,1.14)

Male condom use with all partners ***
 Consistent 1 1 1
 Inconsistent 0.87 (0.80, 0.95)e 0.93 (0.87, 0.99)d 0.92 (0.85,0.99)d

Harm reduction service use **
 No 1 1 1
 Yes 1.86 (1.44, 2.41)f 1.34 (1.10, 1.61)e 1.35 (1.15,1.58)e

Health service utilization **
 No 1 1 1
 Yes 1.66 (1.18, 2.34)e 1.39 (1.14, 1.70)e 1.38 (1.11,1.72)e

Knowing a site for HIV testing
 No 1 1 1
 Yes 7.64 (3.86, 15.10)f 4.80 (2.60, 8.60)f 5.77 (3.04,10.94)f
*

Prevalence ratio;

a

Those variables with P-value less than 0.02 in univariate analysis were entered to this adjusted model (the univariate results of other variables are not shown here);

b

Regression model using the imputed variables;

c

P-value < 0.01;

d

P-value < 0.05;

e

P-value < 0.01;

f

P-value < 0.001;

*

Duration: lifetime;

**

Duration: past year;

***

Duration: past month