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Table 2 Logistic Regression model examining factors associated with prevalent STI at enrollment visit among all AFRICOS participants

From: Factors associated with sexually transmitted infections among care-seeking adults in the African Cohort Study

 

Unadjusted OR

95% CI

Adjusted

OR

95% CI

HIV status

 HIV-uninfected

Ref

   

 HIV-uninfected

1.20

0.85–1.69

  

Study site

 Kayunga, Uganda

15.24

8.15–28.49

16.26

8.65–30.55

 South Rift Valley, Kenya

2.68

1.40–5.16

3.03

1.56–5.88

 Kisumu West, Kenya

–

 

–

 

 Mbeya, Tanzania

3.81

1.94–7.47

3.70

1.88–7.29

 Abuja & Lagos Nigeria

4.50

2.21–9.14

5.84

2.78–12.28

Age at enrollment (years)

 18–29

2.78

1.68–4.58

2.29

1.35–3.87

 30–39

2.43

1.50–3.93

2.06

1.25–3.39

 40–49

1.96

1.19–3.21

1.76

1.05–2.93

 50+

Ref

 

–

 

Sex

 Male

Ref

 

–

 

 Female

2.80

2.08–3.77

2.64

1.94–3.59

Education

 Primary or below

1.51

1.16–1.95

1.41

1.05–1.90

 Secondary or above

Ref

 

–

 

Used condom at last sex with regular partner

 No regular partner

1.60

1.17–2.18

  

 Used a condom

    

 Did not use a condom

1.33

0.98–1.80

  

Used condom at last sex with casual partner

 No casual partner

1.74

0.98–3.08

  

 Used a condom

Ref

   

 Did not use a condom

2.98

1.37–6.48

  

Current number of sexual partners

 No sexual partners

1.27

0.95–1.69

  

 One sexual partner

Ref

   

 Two or more sexual partners

1.17

0.81–1.68

  

Early sexual debut

 > 16 years at first sex

Ref

   

 ≤ 16 years at first sex

1.30

1.01–1.66

  

Consume alcohol

 No

Ref

   

 Yes

1.05

0.77–1.42

  

Recreational drug use

 No

Ref

   

 Yes

0.23

0.06–0.93

  

Depression

 No

Ref

 

–

 

 Yes

1.88

1.42–2.47

1.78

1.32–2.38

  1. Bold indicates significance at p < 0.05