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Table 2 Crude and adjusted odds ratios of living children being tested for HIV before the age of five among female sex workers living with HIV in Cameroon, 2015–2016 (n = 477)a

From: Predictors of early childhood HIV testing among children of sex workers living with HIV in Cameroon

 

Odds Ratio [95% CI]

Adjusted Odds Ratio [95% CI]

Site of recruitment

 Yaoundé

REF

REF

 Douala

0.18 [0.09, 0.34]***

0.20 [0.10, 0.41]***

 Bertoua

1.17 [0.66, 2.05]

1.02 [0.50, 2.06]

 Bamenda

4.20 [2.69, 6.53]***

2.34 [1.30, 4.22]**

 Kribi

0.45 [0.24, 0.84]*

0.46 [0.22, 0.98]*

Antenatal care attendance

 Did not attend

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REF

 Attended during last pregnancy

4.40 [2.01, 9.61]***

2.12 [1.02, 4.55]*

Age

 18–24

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 25–34

1.13 [0.76, 1.67]

0.71 [0.31, 1.61]

 35+

0.79 [0.54, 1.16]

0.56 [0.24, 1.30]

Education

 Primary or less

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REF

 Some secondary

0.75 [0.51, 1.10]

0.92 [0.57, 1.49]

 Secondary or more

2.98 [1.42, 6.25] **

2.17 [1.01. 4.71]*

Years selling sex

 0–2 years

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 3–9 years

0.90 [0.61, 1.33]

 

 10+ years

1.34 [0.89, 2.03]

 

Pregnancy Intentions

 No future intentions

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REF

 Has future intentions

1.52 [1.03, 2.24]*

1.89 [1.16, 3.08]*

Number of living children

 One

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 Two

0.84 [0.55, 1.29]

 

 More than two

1.09 [0.74, 1.60]

 

Awareness of HIV status

 No awareness

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 Aware of HIV status

3.20 [2.91, 4.90]***

3.70 [2.30, 5.93]***

Network size

0.99 [0.97, 1.01]

 
  1. Odds ratios were estimated using logistic regression. aFive women were excluded from analysis due to missing data on proportion of children tested before age five (n = 4) or highest level of education (n = 1). *Statistically significant at p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001. Bolded results represent results that are statistically significant at least at the p < 0.05 level