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. 2021 Sep 30;7(9):e24272. doi: 10.2196/24272

Table 3.

Sexual and health-seeking behaviors associated with a reactive HIVSTa result (N=2198).

Characteristics and categories FSWb MSMc

HIVST outcome confirmed positive, n (%) Unadjusted Adjusted HIVST outcome confirmed positive, n (%) Unadjusted Adjusted


ORd (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
Age (years) N/Ae N/A <.001 N/A <.001 N/A N/A .03 N/A .08

<24 83 (10.2) 1.0 (reference) N/A 1.0 (reference) N/A 7 (7) 1.0 (reference) N/A 1.0 (reference) N/A

>25 174 (17.8) 1.9 (1.4-2.5) N/A 1.9 (1.4-2.6) N/A 40 (15.9) 2.5 (1.1-5.7) N/A 2.2 (0.9-5.1) N/A
Number of clients per week N/A N/A .005 N/A .03 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

<8 139 (12.5) 1.0 (reference) N/A 1.0 (reference) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

>8 117 (17.4) 1.5 (1.1-1.9) N/A 1.3 (1.0-1.8) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Ever tested for HIV N/A N/A .46 N/A N/A N/A N/A .37 N/A N/A

No 151 (15) 1.0 (reference) N/A N/A N/A 33 (12.5) 1.0 (reference) N/A N/A N/A

Yes 105 (13.7) 0.9 (0.7-1.2) N/A N/A N/A 14 (16.3) 1.4 (0.7-2.7) N/A N/A N/A
Recently tested in the last 6 months N/A N/A .54 N/A N/A N/A N/A .02 N/A .10

No 165 (14.6) 1.0 (reference) N/A N/A N/A 36 (11.8) 1.0 (reference) N/A 1.0 (reference) N/A

Yes 91 (13.7) 0.9 (0.7-1.2) N/A N/A N/A 11 (24.4) 2.4 (1.1-5.2) N/A 2.3 (0.9 6.4) N/A
Do you use condoms for every sexual intercourse? N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Never 49 (14.8) 1.0 (reference) N/A N/A N/A 22 (19.8) 1.0 (reference) N/A N/A N/A

Sometimes 199 (14.3) 0.9 (0.7-1.4) .83 N/A N/A 21 (9.4) 0.4 (0.2-0.8) .009 N/A N/A

Always 5 (9.4) 0.6 (0.2-1.6) .30 N/A N/A 3 (21.4) 1.1 (0.3-4.3) .89 N/A N/A
Geographical areas

Bujumbura Mairie 139 (17) 1.0 (reference) N/A 1.0 (reference) N/A 19 (8.7) 1.0 (reference) N/A 1.0 (reference) N/A

Bujumbura 9 (32.1) 2.3 (1.0-5.2) .04 1.9 (0.8-4.4) .12 7 (33.3) 5.2 (1.9-14.6) .001 2.6 (0.8-8.9) .13

Gitega 10 (23.8) 1.5 (0.7-3.2) .26 1.2 (0.6-2.6) .64 1 (16.7) 2.1 (0.2-18.9) .51 1.4 (0.1-13.1) .79

Kayanza 48 (10.8) 0.6 (0.4-0.8) .003 0.6 (0.4-0.8) .002 7 (14.3) 1.7 (0.7-4.4) .24 1.9 (0.7-4.8) .19

Kirundo 5 (11.9) 0.7 (0.3-1.7) .39 0.7 (0.3-1.8) .45 3 (14.3) 1.7 (0.5-6.5) .40 1.6 (0.4-6.1) .48

Ngozi 46 (11.2) 0.6 (0.4-0.9) .008 0.6 (0.4-0.9) .01 10 (27.8) 4.0 (1.7-9.6) .002 4.3 (1.8-10.5) .001

aHIVST: HIV self-testing.

bFSW: female sex worker.

cMSM: men who have sex with men.

dOR: odds ratio.

eN/A: not applicable.