Predictors of early childhood HIV testing among children of sex workers living with HIV in Cameroon

Table 2 Crude and adjusted odds ratios of living children being tested for HIV before the age of five among female sex workers living with HIV in Cameroon, 2015鈥�2016 (n鈥�=鈥�477)^a

听	Odds Ratio [95% CI]	Adjusted Odds Ratio [95% CI]
Site of recruitment
鈥僘补辞耻苍诲茅	REF	REF
鈥僁辞耻补濒补	0.18 [0.09, 0.34]***	0.20 [0.10, 0.41]***
鈥傿别谤迟辞耻补	1.17 [0.66, 2.05]	1.02 [0.50, 2.06]
鈥傿补尘别苍诲补	4.20 [2.69, 6.53]***	2.34 [1.30, 4.22]**
鈥僈谤颈产颈	0.45 [0.24, 0.84]*	0.46 [0.22, 0.98]*
Antenatal care attendance
鈥僁id not attend	REF	REF
鈥傾ttended during last pregnancy	4.40 [2.01, 9.61]***	2.12 [1.02, 4.55]*
Age
鈥�18鈥�24	REF	REF
鈥�25鈥�34	1.13 [0.76, 1.67]	0.71 [0.31, 1.61]
鈥�35+	0.79 [0.54, 1.16]	0.56 [0.24, 1.30]
Education
鈥働rimary or less	REF	REF
鈥僑ome secondary	0.75 [0.51, 1.10]	0.92 [0.57, 1.49]
鈥僑econdary or more	2.98 [1.42, 6.25] **	2.17 [1.01. 4.71]*
Years selling sex
鈥�0鈥�2鈥墆别补谤蝉	REF	听
鈥�3鈥�9鈥墆别补谤蝉	0.90 [0.61, 1.33]	听
鈥�10+ years	1.34 [0.89, 2.03]	听
Pregnancy Intentions
鈥僋o future intentions	REF	REF
鈥僅as future intentions	1.52 [1.03, 2.24]*	1.89 [1.16, 3.08]*
Number of living children
鈥僌苍别	REF	听
鈥僒飞辞	0.84 [0.55, 1.29]	听
鈥僊ore than two	1.09 [0.74, 1.60]	听
Awareness of HIV status
鈥僋o awareness	REF	REF
鈥傾ware of HIV status	3.20 [2.91, 4.90]***	3.70 [2.30, 5.93]***
Network size	0.99 [0.97, 1.01]	听

Odds ratios were estimated using logistic regression. ^aFive women were excluded from analysis due to missing data on proportion of children tested before age five (n鈥�=鈥�4) or highest level of education (n鈥�=鈥�1). *Statistically significant at p鈥�<鈥�0.05; **p鈥�<鈥�0.01; ***p鈥�<鈥�0.001. Bolded results represent results that are statistically significant at least at the p鈥�<鈥�0.05 level

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