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Table 2 Odds of syphilis, newly-diagnosed HIV infection, self-reported STD symptoms, condom use and HIV-related knowledge among FSWs in China

From: A community-based comprehensive intervention to reduce syphilis infection among low-fee female sex workers in China: a matched-pair, community-based randomized study

 

Syphilis infection

Newly-diagnosed HIV infection

Self-reported STD symptoms

Condom use

HIV-related knowledge

OR

(95% CI)

P value

OR

(95% CI)

P value

OR

(95% CI)

P value*

OR

(95% CI)

P value

OR

(95% CI)

P value

Group

          

 Intervention

0.51

(0.27–0.96)

0.0378

1.15

(0.20–6.54)

0.8753

0.33

(0.13–0.79)

0.0135

1.35

(0.81–2.23)

0.2474

0.81

(0.43–1.51)

0.5038

 Current standard of care

1.00

–

1.00

–

1.00

–

1.00

–

1.00

–

Age

          

  ≥ 35 years

2.38

(1.55–3.65)

< 0.0001

1.97

(0.66–5.94)

0.2268

1.31

(0.85–2.02)

0.2168

0.35

(0.25–0.47)

< 0.0001

1.22

(0.89–1.66)

0.2130

  < 35 years

1.00

–

1.00

–

1.00

–

1.00

–

1.00

–

Educational level

          

 Higher than primary school

0.63

(0.43–0.93)

0.0189

0.36

(0.12–1.13)

0.0798

1.05

(0.71–1.57)

0.7983

1.72

(1.31–2.27)

< 0.0001

2.32

(1.72–3.14)

< 0.0001

 Primary school or less education

1.00

–

1.00

–

1.00

–

1.00

–

1.00

–

Price charged per vaginal sex act

          

  ≤ 50 RMB**

1.37

(0.90–2.08)

0.1419

1.79

(0.55–5.86)

0.3360

0.70

(0.45–1.09)

0.1121

0.29

(0.21–0.40)

< 0.0001

0.59

(0.42–0.82)

0.0019

  > 51 RMB

1.00

–

1.00

–

1.00

–

1.00

–

1.00

–

Daily number of clients

          

 More than five

1.31

(0.90–1.91)

0.1619

1.76

(0.78–3.98)

0.1722

1.62

(1.07–2.44)

0.0232

0.45

(0.33–0.61)

< 0.0001

0.88

(0.65–1.20)

0.4288

 Less than five

1.00

–

1.00

–

1.00

–

1.00

–

1.00

–

  1. **RMB, short for renminbi, is the currency issued by the Chinese government. HIV: Human immunodefiency virus; STD: Sexually transmitted diseases; CI: Confidence intervals; OR: Odds ratios; FSW: Female sex workers; ——: the particular variable was the reference variable
  2. * P < 0.05 indicates statistical significance