Seroprevalence and associated risk factors for HIV, Hepatitis B and C among blood Donors in South Gondar District blood Bank, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3 Prevalence and multiple logistic regression observations on risk factors associated with HIV infection among blood donors at Debretabor General Hospital, South Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017, N, 310

Variables		Total	Anti-HIV status	COR (95%CI)	P-value	AOR (95%CI)	P-value
Variables		Total	Positive (%)	COR (95%CI)	P-value	AOR (95%CI)	P-value
Occupation	Employed	143	4 (2.8)
	Day laborer	25	3 (12.0)
	House wife	10	0
	Student	132	1 (0.8)
Educational status	Illiterate	25	2 (8.0)	1.70 (1.02–2.78)	0.04	1.20(0.40–5.61)	0.04
	Primary school	85	1 (1.2)	12.1(2.30–25.7)	0.10	15.4(4.30–129)	0.07
	Secondary and above	200	5 (2.5)	1
Marital status	Single	175	4 (2.3)	1
	Married	96	1 (1.0)	2.10(1.08–3.39)	0.63
	Widowed	29	2 (6.9)	4.91(2.11–7.03)	0.42
	Divorced	10	1 (10.0)	1.80(0.45–3.99)	0.07
Previous history of BT	Yes	60	1 (1.7)	1.34(0.59–2.33)	0.41
Previous history of BT	No	250	7 (2.8)	1
Multiple sexual partner	Yes	81	7 (8.7)	2.44(1.19–4.26)	0.02	1.82(0.91–25.1)	0.04
Multiple sexual partner	No	229	1 (0.5)	1
History of invasive procedure	Yes	12	0
History of invasive procedure	No	298	8 (2.7)
History of tattooing	Yes	34	2 (5.9)	1.22(0.52–2.79)	0.55
History of tattooing	No	276	6 (2.2)
Shaving habit	Yes	49	2 (4.1)	0.73(0.21–1.77)	0.65
Shaving habit	No	261	6 (2.3)
Needle-stick injury	Yes	97	3 (3.1)	2.11(1.39–3.34)	0.85
Needle-stick injury	No	213	5 (3.3)	1
Communal use of sharp materials	Yes	123	1 (0.8)	1.01(0.30–2.16)	0.95
Communal use of sharp materials	No	187	7 (3.7)
Sharing of toothbrush	Yes	67	2 (3.0)	1.19(0.72–2.17)	0.50
Sharing of toothbrush	No	243	6 (2.5)	1
Ear pricing	Yes	87	1(1.1)	2.10(0.57–6.87)	0.23
Ear pricing	No	223	7 (3.1)	1

HIV human immunodeficiency virus, COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval

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