Table 2 Univariate analyses on behavioural risk factors leading to HIV infection on the street children and youth of Kathmandu, Nepal
Variable | Male (N=238) | Female (N=13) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HIV+ | HIV- | Univariate | HIV+ | HIV- | Univariate | |||
OR (CI) | p-value | p-value | ||||||
Age (mean) | 21.2 | 15.9 | 1.7 (1.4, 2.0) | <0.001 | 22 | 18.5 | 0.13 | |
Formal education | Yes | 11 | 180 | 1.0 (Ref) | 0 | 8 | ||
No | 5 | 42 | 1.9 (0.50, 6.5) | 0.32 | 3 | 2 | 0.035 | |
Alcohol Use | No | 8 | 55 | 1.0 (Ref) | 0 | 4 | ||
Yes | 8 | 167 | 0.33 (0.12, 0.92) | 0.03 | 3 | 6 | 0.50 | |
Sniffing Glue | No | 6 | 43 | 0 | 6 | |||
Yes | 10 | 179 | 0.40 (0.12, 1.4) | 0.11 | 3 | 4 | 0.19 | |
Intravenous Drug Use | No | 2 | 164 | 1.0 (Ref) | 1 | 7 | ||
Yes | 14 | 57 | 20 (4.4, 185) | <0.001 | 2 | 3 | 0.51 | |
Ever shared syringe for drug injection | No | 2 | 167 | 1.0 (Ref) | 1 | 7 | ||
Yes | 14 | 53 | 22 (4.8, 203) | <0.001 | 2 | 3 | 0.51 | |
Frequency of drug injection in last month | Never | 2 | 164 | 1.0 (Ref) | 1 | 7 | ||
Sometimes | 3 | 27 | 9.1 (1.5, 57) | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | ||
Weekly | 10 | 26 | 32 (6.5, 152) | <0.001 | 2 | 1 | 0.24 | |
Subject has regular sex partners | No | 6 | 126 | 1.0 (Ref) | 1 | 2 | ||
Yes | 10 | 95 | 2.2 (0.70, 7.7) | 0.19 | 2 | 8 | 1.0 | |
Number of non-regular sex partners within a month of interview | None | 6 | 126 | 1.0 (Ref) | 1 | 2 | ||
1 | 2 | 15 | 2.8 (0.52, 15) | 0.23 | 0 | 2 | ||
> 1 | 8 | 80 | 2.1 (0.70, 6.3) | 0.18 | 2 | 6 | 1.0 | |
Subject participates in group sex | No | 9 | 141 | 1.0 (Ref) | 0 | 7 | ||
Yes | 7 | 81 | 1.4 (0.41, 4.3) | 0.60 | 3 | 3 | 0.070 | |
Frequency of anal sex | Never/Rarely | 10 | 138 | 1.0 (Ref) | 1 | 5 | ||
Sometimes/Frequently | 6 | 84 | 0.99 (0.28, 3.1) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1.0 | |