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. 2018 Jun 6;67(12):1853–1860. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy390

Table 2.

Predictors of Early Preexposure Prophylaxis Uptake Among Individuals Identified by Risk Score From June to October 2016 in 5 Sustainable East Africa Research in Community Health Communities in Rural Kenya and Ugandaa

Characteristic OR (95% CI) P Value aOR (95% CI) P Value
Sex
 Female Reference Reference
 Male 1.25 (.99–1.57) .06 1.53 (1.09–2.15) .01
Age group, y
 18–25 Reference Reference
 26–35 1.17 (.91–1.51) .21 0.97 (.72–1.29) .81
 36–45 1.61 (1.05–2.46) .03 0.96 (.58–1.59) .88
 46–55 2.13 (1.15–3.95) .02 1.22 (.59–2.52) .60
 >55 1.17 (.27–5.14) .84 0.62 (.11–3.59) .59
Educational attainment
 No formal education Reference Reference
 Primary school 0.69 (.41–1.14) .14 0.68 (.39–1.18) .17
 Any secondary school or above 0.45 (.26–.77) .004 0.53 (.20–.98) .04
Marital status
 Single Reference Reference
 Married 1.15 (.90–1.48) .25 0.73 (.52–1.03) .07
 Divorced 1.15 (.45–2.98) .77 1.32 (.48–3.67) .59
 Separated 1.74 (.99–3.06) .055 1.67 (.84–3.30) .14
 Widowed 1.46 (.60–3.52) .40 1.17 (.41–3.32) .77
Polygamous marriage 1.88 (1.32–2.69) .001 1.92 (1.27–2.90) .002
Serodiscordant spouse 4.26 (1.59–11.45) .004 3.89 (1.18–12.76) .03
Migration out of the community in past 12 mo
 0 mo Reference Reference
 1–6 mo 0.60 (.35–1.01) .053 1.14 (.65–2.01) .65
 >6 mo 0.34 (.17–0.67) .002 0.81 (.39–1.69) .58
Self-perceived HIV risk
 No Reference Reference
 Yes 2.24 (1.77–2.84) <.001 1.66 (1.28–2.14) <.001
 Do not know 1.56 (.93–2.63) .09 1.29 (.76–2.21) .35
Point of contact
 Home-based testing Reference Reference
 Community health campaign 5.95 (3.96–9.94) <.001 5.24 (3.33–8.26) <.001

Abbreviations: aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; OR, odds ratio.

aMultivariate models were adjusted for community, occupation, alcohol intake, and circumcision.