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. 2022 Jun 3;9:904873. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.904873

Table 2.

Baseline background characteristics predicting uptake of any HPV screening (among participants who completed Month 12 follow-up, n = 274).

OR (95%CI) P-values
Socio-demographics
Age group (years)
18–24 1.0
25–30 0.54 (0.20, 1.49) 0.23
31–40 0.37 (0.13, 1.08) 0.07
>40 0.57 (0.15, 2.18) 0.41
Relationship status
Currently single 1.0
Married or cohabited with a man 0.30 (0.09, 1.00) 0.05
Highest education level attained
Secondary or below 1.0
Tertiary of above 1.15 (0.38, 3.48) 0.80
Employment status
Full-time 1.0
Part-time/unemployed/retired/students 0.90 (0.33, 2.46) 0.83
Monthly personal income, HK$ (US$)
<10,000 (1,282) 1.0
10,000–19,999 (1,282–2,564) 1.44 (0.29, 7.12) 0.65
20,000–39,999 (2,565–5,128) 2.20 (0.47, 10.20) 0.32
40,000 (5,129) 1.71 (0.32, 9.09) 0.53
Refuse to disclose N.A. N.A.
Sexual orientation
Homosexual 1.0
Bisexual 2.35 (0.81, 6.87) 0.12
Lifestyles
Smoking in lifetime
No 1.0
Yes 1.08 (0.48, 2.46) 0.85
Drinking in the past year
No 1.0
Yes 0.79 (0.35, 1.80) 0.57
History of HPV screening
HPV screening in the past year
No 1.00
Yes 5.73 (2.35, 13.97) <0.001
History of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI) and service utilization
Self-reported HIV sero-status
Negative 1.0
Positive 7.66 (1.04, 56.44) 0.046
Refuse to disclose 1.28 (0.15, 10.98) 0.82
Had never tested for HIV antibody 0.70 (0.09, 5.59) 0.73
History of other STIs (Yes)
No 1.0
Yes 1.65 (0.76, 3.61) 0.21
Utilization of other HIV/STI prevention services (e.g., receiving free condoms, peer education and pamphlets, and attending seminars)
No 1.0
Yes 1.85 (0.86, 3.98) 0.12
Sexual behaviors in the past 6 months
Anal intercourse with regular male sex partners
No 1.0
Yes 0.67 (0.27, 1.67) 0.39
Anal intercourse with non-regular male sex partners
No 1.0
Yes 1.33 (0.64, 2.76) 0.44
Anal intercourse with male sex workers
No 1.0
Yes 2.48 (0.25, 24.56) 0.44
Condomless anal intercourse with men
No 1.0
Yes 0.86 (0.42, 1.78) 0.68
Multiple male sex partnerships
No 1.0
Yes 1.98 (0.92, 4.27) 0.08
Sexual intercourse with female sex partners
No 1.0
Yes 3.73 (0.33, 42.36) 0.29
Condomless sex with female sex partners
No 1.0
Yes 7.50 (0.46, 122.87) 0.16
Sexualized drug use (use of psychoactive substances before or during sexual intercourse)
No 1.0
Yes 0.97 (0.21, 4.46) 0.97

CI, Confidence Interval.

HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; HPV, Human Papillomavirus; N.A., Not Applicable; OR, Crude Odds Ratio; STI, Sexually Transmitted Infection.