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Table 4 Associations between HIV-1 infection and reported health related factors by sex among adults in Oria village, Kilimanjaro Tanzania

From: Prevalence and risk factors for HIV-1 infection in rural Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania: Implications for prevention and treatment

Variable

Category

Women (n = 890)

Men (n = 601)

  

No

HIV+

Multivariate*

No

HIV+

Multivariate*

Treated for GUD past 1 month

No

878

8.1

1

590

3.6

1

 

Yes

12

36.4

6.4 (1.7–24.1)

11

9.0

2.1 (0.4–39.2)

Treated for GDS past 1 month

No

856

8.4

1

585

3.2

1

 

Yes

34

9.1

1.0 (0.2–2.8)

16

12.5

4.2 (1.0–26.0)

Treated for TB past 5 years

No

876

8.1

1

593

3.5

1

 

Yes

14

30.8

5.2 (1.5–18.2)

7

14.0

3.1 (0.0–31.4)

Treated for herpes zoster past 5 years

No

881

8.3

1

597

3.5

1

 

Yes

9

25.0

3.8 (0.7–21.0)

5

20.0

4.3 (0.0–40.4)

Prolonged fever past 1 month

No

847

7.7

1

581

3.4

1

 

Yes

43

23.8

3.6 (1.6–7.9)

20

5.0

1.4 (0.2–1.5)

Prolonged diarrhoea past 1 month

No

882

8.2

1

595

6.8

1

 

Yes

8

37.5

7.2 (1.5–33.5)

6

16.6

2.3 (0.0–20.2)

Considerable weight loss past 1 month

No

847

7.6

1

572

3.1

1

 

Yes

43

25.6

4.0 (1.8–8.6)

29

10.3

3.5 (1.0–12.7)

  1. *Adjusted for age (continues variable), marital status, education level and religion; GUD, Genital ulcer disease; GDS, genital discharge syndrome; TB, Tuberculosis.