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Table 2 Factors Associated with HSV-2, HIV and Syphilis Infection Among Male Sex Partners of Pregnant Women; Peru, 2003–2004.

From: Prevalence of HIV, Herpes Simplex Virus-2, and Syphilis in male sex partners of pregnant women in Peru

Risk Factor

HSV-2 n/N (%)

Syphilis n/N (%)

HIV n/N (%)

Overall

287/1796 (15.9%)

28/1796 (1.6%)

15/1796 (0.8%)

Age

   

   16 – 22

37/383 (9.7%)

5/383 (1.3%)

2/383 (0.5%)

   23 – 26

51/462 (11.0%)

3/462 (0.6%)

6/462 (1.3%)

   27 – 32

85/467 (17.5%)

9/487 (1.8%)

4/487 (0.8%)

   33+

114/463 (24.6%)

11/463 (2.4%)

3/463 (0.6%)

# Lifetime sexual partners

   

   1 – 2

42/362 (11.6%)

3/362 (0.8%)

2/362 (0.6%)

   3 – 4

66/435 (15.2%)

2/435 (0.5%)

3/435 (0.7%)

   5 – 9

57/429 (13.3%)

9/429 (2.1%)

3/429 (0.7%)

   10+

108/432 (25.0%)

11/432 (2.5%)*

6/432 (1.4%)

# Sexually active years

   

   0 – 6

39/450 (8.7%)

4/450 (0.9%)

3/450 (0.7%)

   7 – 11

59/522 (11.3%)

6/522 (1.1%)

4/522 (0.8%)

   12 – 17

80/416 (19.2%)

7/416 (1.7%)

5/416 (1.2%)

   18+

109/407 (26.8%)

11/407 (2.7%)*

3/407 (0.7%)

History of STI

   

   No

226/1589 (14.2%)

20/1589 (1.3%)

11/1589 (0.7%)

   Yes

61/204 (29.9%)‡

8/207 (3.9%)

4/207 (1.9%)

History of sex with men, lifetime

   

   No

143/1599 (14.6%)

23/1599 (1.4%)

12/1599 (0.8%)

   Yes

54/197 (27.4%)

5/197 (2.5%)

3/197 (1.5%)

History of sex with FSW, lifetime

   

   No

150/1128 (13.3%)

15/1128 (1.3%)

10/1128 (0.9%)

   Yes

137/688 (20.5%)

13/668 (1.9%)

5/668 (0.7%)

Non-injection illegal drug use, last year

   

   No

256/1671 (15.3%)

26/1671 (1.6%)

13/1671 (0.8%)

   Yes

31/125 (24.8%)

2/125 (1.6%)

2/125 (1.6%)

Genital ulcer, last year

   

   No

226/1592 (14.2%)

19/1592 (1.2%)

13/1592 (0.8%)

   Yes

61/204 (29.9%)‡

9/204 (4.4%)

2/204 (1.0%)

  1. *<0.05 †<0.01 ‡ <0.001, determined by chi-squared tests and tests of trend for categorized continuous variables (age, number of lifetime partners, and number of sexually active years)