Infection with Hepatitis C Virus among HIV-Infected Pregnant Women in Thailand

Table 2

Odds of being HCV-infected among 1771 pregnant women enrolled in 3 vertical transmission HIV studies in Bangkok, Thailand, 1992–2004.

	HCV-infection				Adjusted^∗
	No.	%	(𝑛)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Education
Primary or less	1067	2.3	(24)	1.0	1.0
Greater than primary	704	4.4	(31)	2.00 (1.16–3.44)	1.81 (1.05–3.12)
Marital status
Married	786	2.3	(18)	0.60 (0.34–1.06)	0.72 (0.40–1.29)
Not married	985	3.8	(37)	1.0	1.0
Intravenous drug user (IDU)
Yes	27	74.1	(20)	140 (55.4–351)	126 (48.6–326)
No	1744	2.0	(35)	1.0	1.0
Any partners IDU^+
Yes	165	14.6	(24)	9.74 (5.42–17.5)	7.92 (4.34–14.4)
No	1455	1.7	(25)	1.0	1.0
Ever a commercial sex worker^+
Yes	138	6.5	(9)	2.40 (1.15–5.02)	2.17 (1.03–4.54)
No	1631	2.8	(46)	1.0	1.0
Received transfusion (1985–89)^+
Yes	33	12.1	(4)	4.65 (1.57–13.7)	4.22 (1.41–12.6)
No	1734	2.9	(50)	1.0	1.0
Maternal age, years	—	—	—	0.98 (0.93–1.04)	0.96 (0.90–1.02)
Gravidity	—	—	—	1.17 (0.93–1.47)	1.09 (0.86–1.38)
Number of sex partners in past year	—	—	—	1.00 (0.996–1.005)	1.00 (0.996–1.005)

^∗Adjusted for three perinatal studies.⁺Sample size is decreased due to missing data.