Seroprevalence and Associated Factors of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Treponema pallidum, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus among Female Sex Workers in Dessie City, Northeast Ethiopia
Table 6
Associated factors for HIV-HBV, HIV-T. pallidum, and HIV-HBV-T. pallidum infection among female sex workers () at Dessie City from November 2017 to April 2018.
Parameter
HIV+HBV
HIV+T. pallidum
HIV+HBV+T. pallidum
value
AOR [95% CI]
value
AOR [95% CI]
value
AOR [95% CI]
Age
0.757
0.06
0.639
18-27
0.489
2.87 [0.145-56.52]
0.019
0.017 [0.001-0.507]
0.994
—
28-37
0.501
2.17 [0.227-20.75]
0.241
0.293 [0.038-2.28]
0.344
0.28 [0.02-3.92]
38-49
Ref
Ref
Ref
Residence
Urban
0.398
0.457 [0.07-2.8]
0.7
0.732 [0.149-3.59]
0.419
0.401 [0.044-3.678]
Rural
Ref
Ref
Ref
Marital status
NA
NA
0.09
NA
NA
Married
0.047
64.8 [1.05-3992]
Single
0.017
89.3 [2.27-3513.3]
Divorced
0.284
3.27 [0.375-28.56]
Widowed
Ref
Price per customer
NA
NA
NA
NA
1-500 birr
0.434
0.381 [0.034-4.28]
>500 birr
Ref
Place of obtaining customer
0.78
0.382
0.46
Home
0.531
1.95 [0.241-15.76]
0.813
1.265 [0.181-8.86]
0.268
5.15 [0.283-93.859]
Night club
0.568
2.15 [0.16-29.73]
0.218
0.221 [0.02-2.44]
0.857
1.372 [0.043-43.485]
Street
Ref
Ref
Ref
Having children
0.453
0.431
NA
NA
1-2
0.271
4.78 [0.295-77.46]
0.987
1.02 [0.094-11.02]
>2
0.63
2.09 [0.1-42.26]
0.367
3.35 [0.242-46.5]
No
Ref
Ref
Having another occupation
Yes
0.342
3.43 [0.27-43.58]
0.407
2.31 [0.32-16.65]
0.984
0.968 [0.041-22.65]
No
Ref
Ref
Ref
Awareness about STIs
NA
NA
NA
NA
Yes
0.211
4.8 [0.411-56.19]
No
Ref
Surgical operation history
NA
NA
NA
NA
Yes
0.247
0.112 [0.003-4.57]
No
Ref
Blood transfusion history
NA
NA
NA
NA
Yes
0.155
14.9 [0.358-620.7]
No
Ref
Sharing of sharp materials
Yes
0.037
6.48 [1.12-37.44]
0.013
8.4 [1.56-45.15]
0.065
8.26 [0.88-77.57]
No
Ref
Ref
Ref
Tattooing
NA
NA
Yes
0.702
1.476 [0.202-10.8]
0.872
1.15 [0.2-6.57]
No
Ref
Ref
Age when sexual contact started
≤20 years
0.124
0.102 [0.006-1.87]
0.578
0.548 [0.066-4.54]
0.986
0.973 [0.046-20.65]
>20 years
Ref
Ref
Ref
Presence of discharge
Yes
0.027
7.03 [1.25-39.66]
0.000
52.39 [7.46-368.1]
0.02
15.5 [1.527-157.058]
No
Ref
Ref
Ref
Note: statistically significant at ; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; COR: crude odds ratio; Ref: reference category; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; NA: not applicable to multivariable analysis due to the bivariable analysis value > 0.2.
