Understanding the Role of Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) in HIV Prevention in Nantong, China
Table 2
Results of logistic regression of factors associated with HIV infection among females and males.
Characteristics
Female ()
Male ()
cOR
aOR
cOR
aOR
Age (years)
≥60
1
1
1
1
<20
-
-
0.41 (0.18-0.92)
0.09 (0.03-0.24)
20-
0.12 (0.25-0.57)
1.95 (0.30-12.73)
0.53 (0.29-0.97)
0.20 (0.09-0.44)
30-
0.10 (0.02-0.49)
1.28 (0.20-8.12)
0.40 (0.22-0.73)
0.37 (0.17-0.78)
40-
0.25 (0.05-1.21)
1.09 (0.18-6.49
0.48 (0.26-0.90)
0.51 (0.24-1.10)
50-
1.91 (0.42-8.80)
3.31 (0.59-18.54)
0.69 (0.35-1.36)
1.05 (0.46-2.40)
Marital status
Married
1
1
1
1
Unmarried
0.27 (0.10-0.78)
0.94 (0.22-4.08)
2.78 (2.23-3.47)
2.40 (1.63-3.53)
Divorced or widowed
4.84 (1.67-12.06)
2.09 (0.57-7.44)
11.04 (7.57-16.08
3.54 (2.22-5.66)
Education level
Junior high school or lower
1
1
1
1
Senior high school or secondary school
2.37 (1.07-5.27)
1.23 (0.51-2.95)
2.25 (1.74-2.90)
1.24 (0.89-1.72)
College or higher
1.35 (0.32-5.70)
0.48 (0.09-2.54)
2.04 (1.60-2.61)
0.83 (0.59-1.18)
Counseling source
Active counseling
1
1
1
1
Outreach services for high-risk groups
0.10 (0.02-0.41)
0.91 (0.20-4.17)
-
-
Referral counseling
6.94 (3.26-14.75)
27.55 (9.91-76.59)
7.78 (5.65-10.70)
5.44 (3.58-8.25)
Counseling reasons
Noncommercial/nonfixed heterosexual behaviors
1
1
1
1
Commercial heterosexual behaviors
0.03 (0.003-0.22)
0.04 (0-0.32)
1.87 (1.13-3.11
1.80 (1.80-3.00)
HIV-positive spouse/fixed sex partners
5.31 (2.38-11.81)
6.85 (2.28-20.56)
4.12 (1.50-11.27)
3.33 (1.18-9.37)
Male-male sexual behaviors
-
-
29.03 (18.09-46.58)
25.50 (15.40-42.21)
IDU (injected drug use)
25.25 (2.53-151.67)
27.33 (4.72-113.70)
4.03 (0.51-31.66)
1.50 (0.14-9.62)
Ever tested for HIV
No
1
1
1
1
Yes
4.38 (2.25-8.53)
0.86 (0.40-1.86)
2.88 (2.32-3.57)
0.95 (0.72-1.24)
Having a syphilis antibody test this time
No
1
1
1
1
Yes, syphilis antibody (+)
-
-
9.70 (4.87-19.31)
4.34 (1.89-9.99)
Yes, syphilis antibody (-)
4.72 (1.45-15.42)
2.47 (0.61-10.07)
2.11 (1.43-3.10)
1.61 (1.04-2.50
cOR: univariate odds ratio; aOR: multivariate odds ratio obtained from “forward” stepwise logistic regression using variables in univariate analysis as candidates (entry: ). Associations between the factors and HIV positive were tested by logistic regression models, adjusted for all the factors in this table. ;;. “-”: the number of HIV-positive cases in this group is 0.
