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Table 2 Sexual risk behavior and prevalence of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis C antibodies among female IDU reporting and not reporting sex work in Bangladesh

From: Vulnerability to HIV infection among sex worker and non-sex worker female injecting drug users in Dhaka, Bangladesh: evidence from the baseline survey of a cohort study

Characteristics

Sex workers, (%) (N = 82 unless otherwise stated)

Non-sex workers, (%) (N = 48 unless otherwise stated)

Odds Ratio

(95% CI)

Type of first sex act

    

   Consensual

56.1

79.2

0.3

0.1–0.8**

   Forced

43.9

20.8

3.0

1.2–7.4**

Relationship with first sexual partner

    

   Husband

40.2

77.1

0.2

0.1–0.5**

   Friend/lover

18.3

12.5

1.6

0.5–5.0

   Clients

19.5

8.3

2.7

0.8–10.2

   Mastans (hoodlums)

11.0

2.1

5.8

0.7–126.1

Types of sex acts practiced in their lifetime

    

   Vaginal

100

100

  

   Anal

15.9

2.1

8.9

1.1–70.0*

   Oral

26.8

14.6

2.1

0.8–5.5

Had sex last year

100

62.5

  

Used condom during last sex in the last year (among those who had anal/vaginal sex in the last year)

74.4

N = 30

43.3

3.8

1.6–9.1**

Currently having non-commercial sex partner

52.4

64.6

0.6

0.3–1.3

Relationship with current non-commercial sex partner(s) (among those who have current non-commercial sex partners)

N = 43

N = 31

  

   Husband

76.7

93.5

0.2

0.1–1.1

   Boyfriend/lover

27.9

9.7

3.6

0.9–14.1

Had non-commercial sex partner in the last week

35.4

25.0

1.6

0.7–3.6

Frequency of using condoms with non-commercial sex partner in the last week (among those with non-commercial partners in the last week)

N = 29

N = 12

  

   Always

34.5

50.0

0.5

0.1–2.5

   Sometimes

3.4

16.7

0.2

0.01–3.0

   Never

62.1

33.2

3.3

0.7–17.2

Prevalence of HIV

N = 75

0

N = 46

0

  

Prevalence of syphilis in lifetime (TPPA positive, RPR titer <1:8)

N = 75

60.0

N = 46

37.0

2.6

1.2–5.5*

Prevalence of active syphilis (TPPA positive RPR titer ≥1:8)

N = 75

10.7

N = 46

6.5

1.7

0.4–6.8

Prevalence of hepatitis C antibodies

N = 75

18.7

N = 46

13.0

1.5

0.5–4.3

  1. * p value < 0.05, ** p value < 0.01