Table 7.

Risk factors associated to oral candidiasis in HIV/AIDS patients

	Oral candidiasis
Variable	COR (95% CI)	P-value	AOR (95%CI)	P-value
Age (years)
≤ 20	1
21-40	1.14 (0.50-2.62)	0.759
41-60	0.95 (0.41-2.21)	0.899
> 60	0.79 (0.27-2.31)	0.667
Sex
Female	1
Male	1.13 (0.7-1.79)	0.591
Level of education
University	1		1
Secondary	1.89 (0.91-3.92)	0.087	1.44 (0.64-3.22)	0.380
Primary	1.69 (0.83-3.46)	0.145	1.22 (0.55-2.69)	0.628
Brush mouth daily
Twice	1		1
Once	1.92 (1.25 -2.94)	0.003	2.15 (1.32-3.50)	0.002
Antibiotics usage
No	1
Yes	1.78(0.88-3.56)	0.108	2.2(1.03-4.74)	0.045
Pregnant
No	1		1
Yes	1.53 (0.86-2.72)	0.151	2.04 (1.10-3.82)	0.025
Protease Inhibitor
Absent	1
Present	0.76 (0.46-1.28)	0.303
When diagnosed (Years)	A
≥ 5	1
< 5	0.90 (0.60-1.35)	0.613
CD4 Cells/μl
< 200	1		1
200-349	0.17 (0.08-0.37)	<0.001	0.15 (0.07-0.33)	<0.001
350-499	0.11 (0.05-0.24)	<0.001	0.08 (0.04-0.20)	<0.001
≥500	0.09 (0.05-0.21)	<0.001	0.09 (0.04-0.19)	<0.001