The Prevalence of Syphilis Infection and Its Associated Factors in the General Population of Rwanda: A National Household-Based Survey

Table 3

Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics associated with confirmed syphilis infection in Rwanda.

Characteristics	Unadjusted model			Adjusted model
	Odds ratio	value	95% CI	Odds ratio	value	95% CI
Age group
15–24	1.0	—	—	1.0	—	—
25–49	1.7	0.008	1.15–2.52	0.8	0.461	0.52–1.35
Sex
Female	1.0	—	—
Male	1.3	0.227	0.87–1.78
Marital status
Living in union	1.0	—	—
Not living in union	1.3	0.126	0.93–1.89
Residence
Urban
Rural	1.3	0.249	0.82–2.15
Province
North	1.0	—	—	1.0	—	—
South	0.3	0.002	0.11–0.61	0.3	0.012	0.11–0.76
East	0.8	0.371	0.48–1.31	0.9	0.718	0.52–1.57
West	1.1	0.847	0.65–1.70	1.4	0.194	0.84–2.42
City of Kigali	1.2	0.441	0.72–2.11	1.7	0.091	0.92–3.31
Religion
Christian	1.0	—	—	1.0	—	—
Other religion	2.3	0.004	1.31–4.02	1.9	0.038	1.04–3.48
Highest education level
No education/primary	1.0	—	—	1.0	—	—
Secondary/vocational/high education	0.4	0.003	0.24–0.75	0.5	0.054	0.26–1.01
Wealth index
Lowest/secondary/middle	1.0	—	—	1.0	—	—
Fourth/higher	0.6	0.009	0.41–0.88	0.4	0.001	0.28–0.70
HIV status
Negative	1.0	—	—	1.0	—	—
Positive	6.2	<0.001	3.77–10.23	4.2	<0.001	2.46–7.23
Had concurrent sexual partners in the last 12 months
No	1.0	—	—	1.0	—	—
Yes	3.8	<0.001	2.56–5.73	4.2	<0.001	2.79–6.46

CI: confidence interval.