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Table 3 Results of the local estimates from the GWLR model of HIV infection

From: Geographical variations in risk factors associated with HIV infection among drug users in a prefecture in Southwest China

Study variable

Minimum

Medium

Maximum

Significant proportion

B

OR

B

OR

B

OR

(%)

Constant

−4.59

 

−3.00

0.05

−2.46

-

100.0

Drug use behaviors

       

 History of intravenous drug use (1 = yes, 0 = no)

0.47

1.60

0.87

2.39

2.19

8.94

99.9

 History of sharing syringes (1 = yes, 0 = no)

0.86

2.36

0.89

2.44

2.21

9.07

100.0

 History of drug rehabilitation (1 = yes, 0 = no)

−0.09

0.91

0.09

1.09

1.18

3.26

0.1

Demographic factors

 Marital status (ref = single)

  Married (1 = yes, 0 = no)

−0.48

0.62

−0.09

0.91

0.38

1.46

12.0

  Divorced (1 = yes, 0 = no)

0.00

1.00

0.43

1.54

0.72

2.05

49.4

  widowed (1 = yes, 0 = no)

−0.16

0.86

0.73

2.08

1.62

5.04

61.1

 Gender (1 = males, 0 = females)

0.07

1.07

0.46

1.58

0.52

1.68

98.1

 Ethnicity (ref = Han)

       

  Yi (1 = yes, 0 = no)

1.04

2.83

1.29

3.63

2.03

7.61

100.0

Socioeconomic factors

 Employment (ref = other, such as factory worker, government employee, etc.)

  Service sector (1 = yes, 0 = no)

−1.44

0.24

−0.68

0.51

0.81

2.25

23.0

 Educational attainment (ref = no school)

  Primary school (1 = yes, 0 = no)

−0.88

0.41

−0.33

0.72

0.26

0.76

99.9

  Junior high school (1 = yes, 0 = no)

−1.31

0.27

−1.08

0.34

−0.83

0.44

100.0

  Senior high school or above (1 = yes, 0 = no)

−1.52

0.22

−1.35

0.26

−0.85

0.43

99.8

  1. Note: Minimum, Medium and Maximum in the table are the minimum local estimate value, the median local estimate value, and maximum local estimate value respectively; OR in the table is adjusted OR; Significant proportion in the table indicates the proportion of individuals whose factor is associated significantly with HIV infection