Prevalence and Risk Factors of HIV Infection among Clients Attending ICTCs in Six Districts of Tamilnadu, South India

Table 2

HIV prevalence and determinants among clients attending ICTCs in six districts of Tamilnadu (𝑁=17958).

Characteristic	Positive (N)	Negative (N)	Positive %	Missing %	Crud OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Age (Years)				1.5
≤30	227	9172	2.4		2.6 (2.2–3.0)**	2.8 (2.0–4.0)**
≥31	500	7791	6.0
Sex				0.3
Male	459	11266	3.9		1.1 (1.0–1.3)	—
Female	271	5906	4.4
Education				3.3
Illiterate	243	4443	5.2		1.5 (1.3–1.8)**	1.7 (1.3–2.4)**
Literate	449	12224	3.5
Occupation				8.9
Unemployed	171	2977	5.4		1.4 (1.2–1.7)**	—
Employed	502	12705	3.8
Marital				3.0
Unmarried	63	1428	4.2			—
Married	580	14893	3.7		—**	2.5 (1.5–4.1)**
Widower/Divorced	71	379	15.8			1.2 (0.5–2.5)
Living with				5.2
Others	40	499	7.4		2.0 (1.4–2.7)**	—
Family	652	15827	4
Received blood				4.0
Yes	34	316	9.7		2.7 (1.8–3.9)**	—
No	653	16231	3.9
Premarital sex				6.0
Yes	255	5535	4.4		1.1 (1.0–1.3)	—
No	432	10660	3.9
Sex with a sex worker
Yes	143	1081	11.7	7.5	3.6 (3.0–4.4)**	2.9 (2.0–4.3)**
No	539	14856	3.5
Use condom in their life				5.8
Yes	104	1835	5.4		1.4 (1.1–1.7)*	—
No	586	14389	3.9
Centre				0
Tertiary	592	11876	4.7		1.9 (1.6–2.3)**	—
Nontertiary	140	5350	2.6
Sex with a person of own sex				10.0
Yes	64	1641	3.8		0.9 (0.7–1.2)	—
No	578	13869	4
HIV in the family				14.6
Yes	167	493	25.3		11.4 (9.2–14.0)**	11.6 (8.0–16.9)**
No	425	14258	2.9
Previous HIV test				9.6
Done	151	978	13.4		4.5 (3.6–5.4)**	1.9 (1.3–2.8)**
Not done	505	14605	3.3
Alcoholism				37.0
Yes	201	3953	4.8		1.6 (1.3–1.9)**	1.5 (1.1–2.1)**
No	225	6929	3.1
Injecting drugs				17.5
Yes	8	50	13.8		4.1 (1.8–9.1)**	—
No	551	14213	3.7

^∗𝑃<0.05; ^∗∗𝑃<0.01; OR: Odds Ratio; CI: Confidence Interval.