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. 2020 Jul 3;4:29. Originally published 2020 Mar 10. [Version 2] doi: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13103.2

Table 2. Associations with interest in taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

Characteristic 1: Value, n Interested in
taking PrEP, n (%)
Odds ratio
(95% CI)
p-value Adjusted odds
ratio 2 (95% CI)
p-value
Consented participants with outcome
measured
300 220 (73.3%)
Has primary sexual partner 165 132 (80.0%) 2.1 (1.3,3.6) 0.004 3.1 (1.3, 7.0) 0.005
Age of primary sexual partner is at
least 5 years older than participant
55 46 (83.6%) 2.1 (1.0, 4.5) 0.05 1.3 (0.5, 3.2) 0.54
Partnership duration (months) 0.002 0.04
   0–6 Months 76 66 (86.8%) 3.0 (1.3, 7.3) 3.0 (1.2, 7.3)
   6–12 Months 35 29 (82.9%) 2.2 (0.8, 6.3) 2.4 (0.8, 7.2)
   > 12 Months 54 37 (68.5%) reference reference

1Characteristics considered were: age, education, food security, wanting child in next year, primary sexual partner, age difference with partner >5 years, partnership duration, sex with primary partner in prior 30 days, sex with anyone else, risk taking, perception of participant’s own HIV risk, whether participant had heard of PrEP prior to the survey, how they had heard of PrEP, and whether the participant liked the video.

2Multivariate logistic regression models were adjusted for variables shown in the table as well as food security (p=0.13 and 0.19, in univariate and multivariate models, respectively) and risk taking (p=0.20 and 0.12).