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Table 3 Multivariate association of behavioural factors with HIV infection among female drug users in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

From: Vulnerability to HIV infection among female drug users in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: a cross-sectional study

 

All drug users

Only IDUs

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 5

Model 6

Model 7

 

Adjusted odds ratio

 

(95% confidence interval)

Age

1.10*

1.10*

1.11*

1.11*

1.07*

1.07

1.08*

(1.04-1.17)

(1.03-1.17)

(1.04-1.18)

(1.04-1.19)

(1.01-1.15)

(1.00-1.15)

(1.00-1.17)

Ever attended school (ref. No)

10.85*

9.03*

10.83*

10.52*

6.14*

6.21*

4.85

(2.46-47.79)

(2.05-39.73)

(2.44-48.13)

(2.38-46.56)

(1.34-28.06)

(1.31-29.49)

(0.96-24.55)

Currently married, or currently not married but living with sex partner (ref. Not married, not living with sexual partner)

2.33

2.15

1.84

1.85

2.01

1.62

1.69

(0.72-7.53)

(0.78-5.94)

(0.57-5.96)

(0.57-6.01)

(0.72-5.66)

(0.57-4.62)

(0.52-5.47)

Ever injected illegal/non-medical drugs (ref. No)

2.48*

2.41*

  

2.65*

  

(1.05-5.84)

(1.02-5.73)

  

(1.08-6.49)

  

Ever used a needle or syringe previously used by someone else (ref. No/Non-IDU)

  

2.50*

    
  

(1.35-4.63)

    

Used needles or syringes previously used by someone else in the past one month (ref. Never/non-IDU)

   

2.60*

   
   

(1.40-4.81)

   

Used needles or syringes previously used by someone else, injecting 6 times a week or less in the past month (ref. Non-IDU/Never)

     

0.93

0.78

     

(0.24-3.64)

(0.19-3.26)

Used needles or syringes previously used by someone else, injecting 1 time a day or more in the past month (ref. Non-IDU/Never)

     

2.53*

2.19

     

(1.28-4.99)

(0.99-4.84)

Ever had sexual intercourse (ref. No)

2.52

 

2.72

2.57

   

(0.40-15.96)

 

(0.43-17.20)

(0.41-16.26)

   

Had sexual intercourse in the last 12 months (ref. No/Never had sex)

 

3.77*

     
 

(1.19-11.97)

     

Had sexual intercourse with regular partner in the last 12 months (ref. No/Never had sex)

    

1.24

  
    

(0.57-2.70)

  

Had sexual intercourse with commercial partner in the last 12 months (ref. No/Never had sex)

    

2.20*

  
    

(1.09-4.48)

  

Had sexual intercourse with non-regular non-commercial partner in the last 12 months (ref. No/Never had sex)

    

2.49*

  
    

(1.25-4.95)

  

Frequency of condom use in the last 12 months with all regular partner(s)a

       

  Always/Often

     

1.15

1.13

     

(0.45-2.93)

(0.40-3.20)

  Sometimes/Never

     

1.33

1.19

     

(0.57-3.11)

(0.47-3.04)

Frequency of condom use in the last 12 months with all commercial partner(s)a

       

  Always/Often

     

3.35*

3.41*

     

(1.47-7.61)

(1.39-8.40)

  Sometimes/Never

     

1.45

1.66

     

(0.63-3.35)

(0.67-4.08)

Frequency of condom use in the last 12 months with all non-regular non-commercial partner(s)a

       

  Always/Often

     

1.71

2.13

     

(0.72-4.07)

(0.82-5.53)

  Sometimes/Never

     

3.11*

3.11*

      

(1.36-7.13)

(1.28-7.56)

  1. IDUs, injecting drug users.
  2. aref. Never had sex/No sex with this type of sexual partner in the last 12 months.
  3. *p value <0.05.
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