Table 5.

Health and Hygiene Risk Factors Associated with Seroconversion (Age- and Sex-Adjusted)

Risk factors	HR (95% CI)	Adjusted HR (95% CI)
HIV serostatus
Any household member HIV+	0.83 (.59–1.16)	0.84 (.60–1.17)
Child HIV+	0.96 (.52–1.79)	1.10 (.59–2.06)
Any household member HIV+	0.83 (.59–1.16)	0.84 (.60–1.17)
Primary caregiver HIV+	0.76 (.54–1.06)	0.74 (.53–1.04)
HHV-8 serostatus
Number of other household members HHV-8+	1.29 (1.08–1.55)*	1.28 (1.06–1.54)**
Caregiver HHV-8+ at enrollment	1.02 (.70–1.50)	1.06 (.72–1.55)
Health hygiene
Child cleans face twice or more daily	0.95 (.55–1.63)	1.10 (.71–1.70)
Child bathes twice or more daily	1.03 (.63–1.69)	1.02 (.69–1.49)
Bites child’s nails (uses mouth to clip them)	0.65 (.16–2.66)	0.69 (.17–2.81)
Toothbrushing (yes)	0.25 (.04–1.80)	0.31 (.04–2.23)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HHV-8, human herpesvirus 8; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; HR, hazard ratio.

*P < .01.

**P < .05.