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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristic and prevalence of KSHV, HSV2, syphilis and HBV infections among study participants

From: Kaposi`s sarcoma associated herpesvirus infection among female sex workers and general population women in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional study

 

FSW* (n = 600)

GW* (n = 600)

Total (N = 1200)

 

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

Ethnicity (P = 0.274)

   

 Han

568 (94.7)

576 (96.0)

1144 (95.3)

 Others

32 (5.3)

24 (4.0)

56 (4.7)

Age (years, P < 0.001)

   

 18-25

336 (56.0)

262 (43.7)

598 (49.8)

 26-35

196 (32.7)

175 (29.2)

371 (30.9)

 >35

68 (11.3)

163 (27.2)

231 (19.2)

Marital status (P < 0.001)

   

 Single

261 (43.5)

187 (31.2)

448 (37.3)

 Ever married

339 (56.5)

413 (68.8)

752 (62.7)

Education (P < 0.001)

   

 Primary school or illiterate

123 (20.2)

75 (12.5)

198 (16.3)

 Middle school

355 (58.2)

311 (51.8)

666 (55.1)

 High school or higher

132 (21.6)

214 (35.7)

346 (28.6)

Living (P < 0.001)

   

 Alone

251 (41.8)

64 (10.7)

315 (26.2)

 With spouse or partner

169 (28.2)

363 (60.5)

532 (44.3)

 With others

180 (31.0)

173 (28.8)

353 (29.4)

Monthly income (Yuan RMB, P < 0.001)

   

 ≤2000

101(16.8)

361 (60.1)

462 (38.5)

 2001-4000

389 (64.8)

231 (38.5)

620 (51.7)

 >4000

110 (18.3)

8 (1.4)

118 (9.8)

Age at first sex (years, P < 0.001)

   

 <18

185 (30.8)

35 (5.8)

220 (18.3)

 ≥18

415 (69.2)

565 (94.2)

980(1.7)

KSHV (P = 0.572)

   

 Positive

60 (10.0)

66 (11.0)

126 (10.5)

 Negative

540 (90.0)

534 (89.0)

1074 (89.5)

HSV-2 (P < 0.001)

   

 Positive

313 (52.2)

92 (15.3)

405 (33.8)

 Negative

287 (47.8)

508 (84.7)

795 (66.2)

Syphilis (P < 0.001)

   

 Positive

63 (10.5)

17 (2.8)

80 (6.7)

 Negative

537 (89.5)

583 (97.2)

1120 (93.3)

HBsAg (P = 0.168)

   

 Positive

74 (12.3)

59 (9.8)

133 (11.1)

 Negative

526 (87.7)

541 (90.2)

1067 (88.9)

  1. All P-values in the table were generated from chi-squared tests for comparisons between FSW and GW. *FSW = female sex worker; GW = general population women.