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. 2018 Sep 19;13(9):e0201352. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201352

Table 3. Correlates of being outside the 90-90-90 targets and sex worker characteristics among HIV positive female sex workers, Crane Survey, Kampala, Uganda, 2012.

  Serostatus Knowledge (n = 321)1,2 ART Use (n = 216)4 Viral Load Suppression (n = 341)5
  Serostatus unknown Serostatus known Not on ART On ART No VLS VLS
  n % n % Weighted OR (95% CI) n % n % Weighted OR
(95% CI)
n % n % Weighted OR
(95% CI)
Age, in years                              
    15–24 36 34.3 48 22.2 Ref 11 35.5 37 20.3 Ref 68 31.3 20 16.1 Ref
    25–49 69 65.7 168 77.8 0.54 (0.37–0.80) 20 64.5 145 79.7 0.61 (0.24–1.52) 149 68.7 104 83.9 0.58 (0.30–1.15)
Religion                              
    Protestant 32 30.5 68 31.8 Ref 10 29.4 58 32.2 Ref 56 26.2 42 34.4 Ref
    Catholic 46 43.8 85 39.7 1.23 (0.63–2.37) 15 44.1 70 38.9 1.30 (0.48–3.52) 95 44.4 38 31.1 2.26 (1.14–4.48)
    Other 27 25.7 61 28.5 0.71 (0.34–1.50) 9 26.5 52 28.9 0.74 (0.24–2.31) 63 29.4 42 34.4 0.87 (0.44–1.72)
Years as a sex worker                              
    0–2 59 56.2 94 43.7 Ref 17 50 77 42.5 Ref 110 51.2 48 39 Ref
    3–5 28 26.7 67 31.2 0.65 (0.34–1.22) 10 29.4 57 31.5 1.02 (0.38–2.71) 66 30.7 44 35.8 0.53 (0.29–0.96)
    ≥6 18 17.1 54 25.1 0.66 (0.31–1.41) 7 20.6 47 26 0.88 (0.29–2.69) 39 18.1 31 25.2 0.56 (0.29–1.08)
Schooling, in years                              
    None 37 35.2 80 37.2 Ref 12 35.3 68 37.6 Ref 90 41.9 44 35.8 Ref
    1–7 33 31.4 75 34.9 1.12 (0.58–2.15) 11 32.4 64 35.4 1.12 (0.40–3.08) 61 28.4 45 36.6 0.38 (0.21–0.69)
    ≥8 35 33.3 60 27.9 1.36 (0.69–2.68) 11 32.4 49 27.1 0.76 (0.26–2.17) 64 29.8 34 27.6 0.63 (0.32–1.26)
Marital status                              
    Never married 60 57.1 99 46 Ref 15 44.1 84 46.4 Ref 108 50.2 57 46.3 Ref
    Ever married 45 42.9 116 54 0.90 (0.50–1.64) 19 55.9 97 53.6 0.66 (0.29–1.51) 107 49.8 66 53.7 1.09 (0.64–1.85)
Number of children                              
    0–2 43 47.3 83 42.6 Ref 15 46.9 68 41.7 Ref 94 49 39 35.1 Ref
    ≥3 48 52.7 112 57.4 0.90 (0.50–1.64) 17 53.1 95 58.3 1.11 (0.46–2.65) 98 51 72 64.9 0.78 (0.44–1.39)
Work location                              
    Street 25 23.8 63 29.3 Ref 12 35.3 51 28.2 Ref 76 35.2 32 26 Ref
    Phone/internet 20 19 38 17.7 0.84 (0.37–1.91) 7 20.6 31 17.1 0.70 (0.21–2.31) 25 11.6 19 15.5 0.57 (0.24–1.37)
    Hotel, bar, restaurant, brothel or private place 60 57.1 114 53 0.98 (0.52–1.84) 15 44.1 99 54.7 1.22 (0.47–3.13) 115 53.2 72 58.5 0.59 (0.33–1.07)
Alcohol use3                              
    Infrequent use 56 58.3 105 53.8 Ref 17 51.5 91 56.2 Ref 106 54.6 56 51.4 Ref
    Frequent use 40 41.7 90 46.2 0.82 (0.46–1.47) 16 48.5 71 43.8 1.24 (0.52–2.98) 88 45.4 53 48.6 0.81 (0.46–1.43)
Ever injected drugs                              
    No 46 76.7 74 77.1 Ref 12 80 62 76.5 Ref 65 63.7 40 76.9 Ref
    Yes 14 23.3 22 22.9 1.08 (0.42–2.75) 3 20 19 23.5 1.91 (0.38–9.54) 37 36.3 12 23.1 2.05 (0.81–5.20)
Forced into sex work                              
    No 39 37.1 71 33 Ref 23 67.6 121 66.9 Ref 77 35.8 39 31.7 Ref
    Yes 66 62.9 144 67 0.80 (0.55–1.42) 11 32.4 60 33.1 0.98 (0.40–2.43) 138 64.2 84 68.3 0.67 (0.38–1.20)
Age at starting sex work, in years                              
<25 50 47.6 81 37.7 Ref 19 55.9 62 34.3 Ref 103 47.9 35 28.5 Ref
≥25 55 52.4 134 62.3 0.57 (0.33–0.99) 15 44.1 119 65.7 0.47 (0.20–1.08) 112 52.1 88 71.5 0.55 (0.31–0.97)
Active syphilis infection                              
    No 94 89.5 194 90.2 Ref 28 82.4 167 91.8 Ref 196 90.3 118 94.4 Ref
    Yes 11 10.5 21 9.8 0.85 (0.36–2.03) 6 17.6 15 8.2 2.06 (0.65–6.54) 21 9.7 7 5.6 1.50 (0.55–4.12)

1Analysis excludes FSW who did not indicate they had been previously tested, did not indicate a previous positive test results, and were not virally suppressed.

2Serostatus known (refererent) includes 35 FSW with virally suppression, defined as <1000 copies/ml

3Infrequent use defined as either never drinking alcohol or drinking a couple of times a month, frequent use defined as drinking two or more times per week

4216 includes 96 FSW who were virally suppressed (<1000 copies/ml); 269 of the 485 HIV positive FSW did not have data on ART use and were not virally suppressed

5Viral load suppression (VLS) is defined as <1000 copies