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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 20.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2020 Mar;47(3):192–196. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001121

Table 2.

Unadjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) between HSV-2 Serostatus and Select Risk Factors

Positive vs. Negative
Indeterminate vs. Negative
Manufacturer’s Cutpoints
Modified Cutpoints
Manufacturer’s Cutpoints
Modified Cutpoints
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Age (per 1-year increase) 1.06 (1.03, 1.10) 1.14 (1.09, 1.18) 1.07 (0.98, 1.17) 1.04 (0.99, 1.09)
Household Size (per 1-person increase) 1.42 (1.18, 1.70) 1.46 (1.23, 1.72) 1.26 (0.97, 1.63) 1.36 (1.08, 1.70)
Education (Ref: <2 years)
 2–4 Years 0.17 (0.04, 0.73) 0.15 (0.03, 0.69) 0.19 (0.03, 1.21) 0.15 (0.04, 0.57)
 >5 Years 0.14 (0.03, 0.66) 0.08 (0.02, 0.44) 0.15 (0.02, 1.09) 0.17 (0.04, 0.68)
Household Income (Ref: <10,000)
 10,000–29,999 0.79 (0.41, 1.53) 0.74 (0.31, 1.81) 1.53 (0.33, 7.14) 0.91 (0.52, 1.59)
 >30,000 0.95 (0.33, 2.78) 0.82 (0.30, 2.25) 0.82 (0.10, 7.06) 0.91 (0.36, 2.30)
Married 0.73 (0.35, 1.53) 1.70 (0.30, 9.65) 0.40 (0.08, 1.95) 0.53 (0.28, 0.99)
Concurrent Partner 0.61 (0.18, 2.00) 1.32 (0.33, 5.32) --- --- 0.31 (0.08, 1.16)
Partner in Concurrent Relationship (Ref: No)
 Don’t Know 1.09 (0.62, 1.90) 1.91 (1.08, 3.38) 1.64 (0.23, 11.85) 1.19 (0.66, 2.17)
 Yes 1.94 (0.93, 4.06) 4.88 (2.54, 9.37) 4.29 (0.74, 24.98) 1.36 (0.62, 2.95)
Frequency of Sex (Ref: < Once Per Week)
 > Once Per Week 0.48 (0.21, 1.08) 0.50 (0.17, 1.45) 0.75 (0.16, 3.57) 0.51 (0.22, 1.17)
No. of Sexual Partners (Ref: One)
 Two 1.12 (0.67, 1.90) 2.08 (1.00, 4.32) 0.42 (0.12, 1.47) 0.78 (0.44, 1.40)
 Three or More 1.41 (0.84, 2.37) 2.05 (0.94, 4.47) 1.20 (0.39, 3.68) 0.94 (0.52, 1.70)
No. of Marriages (Ref: 0–1)
 >2 2.03 (1.14, 3.61) 3.66 (1.84, 7.27) 0.31 (0.05, 2.08) 1.41 (0.63, 3.18)
Bacterial Vaginosis 1.88 (0.89, 3.97) 3.17 (1.35, 7.47) 1.28 (0.25, 6.49) 1.79 (0.91, 3.50)
Pregnancies (per 1-pregnancy increase) 1.26 (1.10, 1.43) 1.38 (1.21, 1.58) 1.19 (0.95, 1.50) 1.15 (1.00, 1.33)

OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval