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Table 2 Multiple logistic regression model for determinants of HCMV-IgG seropositivity

From: Sociodemographic factors associated with IgG and IgM seroprevalence for human cytomegalovirus infection in adult populations of Pakistan: a seroprevalence survey

Characteristic

β value (S.E.)

Adjusted OR (95 % CI)

Gender

 Female

0.63 (0.27)

1.89 (1.10–3.25)

 Male (reference)

  

Household income in USD (log-transformed)

−0.31 (0.14)

0.72 (0.54–0.96)

Age in years (log-transformed)

1.37 (0.40)

3.95 (1.79–8.71)

Sampling location

  

 Private hospital (reference)

  

 Government hospital

0.90 (0.37)

2.46 (1.18–5.13)

 Community A

−0.50 (0.65)

0.60 (0.16–2.19)

 Community B

1.15 (0.51)

3.16 (1.14–8.71)

  1. The adjusted OR and 95 % CI were calculated
  2. USD U.S. dollar, S.E. standard error, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval