Table 2: Risk Factors for Prevalent HIV Infection, Recent HIV Infectiona (by BED-CEIA Assay and Ax-AI, Separately and Combined) and HIV Seroconversion in a Sample of ART-Naïve, Rwandan Female Sex Workers

Risk Factorb (N=192) RI by BED Alone (N, RI=31) RI by Ax-AI Alone (N, RI=50) RI by BED and Ax-AI Combined (N, RI=21) HIV Seroconversion (Cohort N=397)
Age-Adjusted OR (95% CI) Age-Adjusted OR (95% CI) Age-Adjusted OR (95% CI) Age-Adjusted OR (95% CI) Age-Adjusted HR (95% CI)

Age group:
  18-24 0.8 (0.5, 1.2) 1.3 (0.5, 3.5) 1.1 (0.5, 2.2) 1.1 (0.4, 3.1) 1.0 (0.3, 3.1)
  25-29 --REF-- --REF-- --REF-- --REF-- --REF--
  30-34 1.9 (1.2, 3.1) 2.0 (0.6, 6.9) 1.8 (0.7, 4.5) 0.8 (0.2, 4.1) 1.9 (0.6, 6.2)
  ≥35 1.8 (1.1, 3.0) 3.3 (1.1, 10.2) 1.9 (0.7, 4.8) 0.9 (0.2, 4.8) undefined

District of residence:
 Nyarugenge --REF-- -- REF -- -- REF -- -- REF -- -- REF --
 Gasabo 2.0 (1.3, 3.0) 2.2 (0.9, 5.4) 2.4 (1.1, 5.3) 2.1 (0.7, 6.2) 0.7 (0.2, 2.1)
 Kicukiro 3.1 (2.0, 4.8) 1.8 (0.6, 4.9) 3.2 (1.4, 7.2) 1.8 (0.5, 6.0) 1.1 (0.4, 3.4)

Education level:
 No formal schooling --REF-- --REF-- --REF-- --REF-- --REF--
 Some primary school 0.9 (0.6, 1.4) 1.5 (0.5, 4.4) 1.1 (0.5, 2.4) 1.8 (0.5, 6.5) 0.9 (0.3, 2.9)
 Completed primary school 0.8 (0.5, 1.3) 1.1 (0.3, 3.5) 1.1 (0.5, 2.7) 1.3 (0.3, 5.4) 2.5 (0.6, 10.2)
 Secondary school (some/completed) 0.7 (0.4, 1.3) 1.6 (0.4, 5.6) 1.4 (0.5, 3.8) 1.1 (0.2, 6.4) undefined

Lifetime no. pregnancies:
 None 1.9 (0.9, 4.2) 0.9 (0.2, 4.8) 1.9 (0.5, 6.7) 0.9 (0.1, 5.7) undefined
 1 1.5 (0.9, 2.7) 0.3 (0.1, 1.3) 0.9 (0.3, 2.7) 0.2 (0.1, 1.3) 1.2 (0.1, 14.7)
 2 1.5 (0.8, 2.5) 1.2 (0.4, 3.4) 1.4 (0.5, 3.5) 1.0 (0.3, 3.9) 8.0 (1.0, 65.4)
 3 1.1 (0.6, 1.9) 0.8 (0.3, 2.4) 0.9 (0.3, 2.4) 0.8 (0.2, 3.3) 4.7 (0.5, 41.1)
 ≥4 --REF-- --REF-- --REF-- --REF-- --REF--

Currently breastfeeding 0.3 (0.2, 0.4) 0.8 (0.4, 1.8) 0.7 (0.3, 1.5) 0.9 (0.4, 2.1) 1.6 (0.6, 4.3)

Marital statusc:
 Currently have steady partnerd 0.9 (0.7, 1.3) 0.8 (0.4, 1.7) 1.1 (0.6, 1.9) 1.1 (0.5, 2.8) 0.6 (0.2, 1.8)
 Divorced/separated 0.7 (0.4, 1.1) 0.9 (0.3, 2.5) 0.7 (0.3, 1.7) 1.0 (0.3, 3.4) 0.5 (0.1, 4.2)
 Widowed 1.7 (1.0, 2.8) 1.3 (0.4, 4.0) 1.5 (0.6, 3.7) 1.2 (0.2, 5.8) undefined
 Never married 1.0 (0.7, 1.4) 0.9 (0.4, 2.2) 1.1 (0.5, 2.2) 1.0 (0.3, 3.0) 2.1 (0.6, 7.5)

At last sexc:
 Received money/gift from partner 1.1 (0.6, 2.1) 1.1 (0.3, 4.8) 1.1 (0.3, 4.8) 0.7 (0.2, 3.2) 1.1 (0.2, 8.1)
 Partner used a condom 0.9 (0.6, 1.3) 0.6 (0.3, 1.4) 1.2 (0.6, 2.5) 0.4 (0.2, 1.1) 1.0 (0.9, 1.1)
 Vaginal cleansing beforehand 1.6 (1.2, 2.2) 1.5 (0.7, 3.1) 1.6 (0.9, 2.8) 1.9 (0.8, 4.6) 0.8 (0.3, 1.9)

No. vaginal sex acts in past month:
 <20 0.7 (0.4, 1.3) 1.7 (0.5, 6.1) 0.8 (0.3, 1.9) 2.3 (0.4, 13.0) 0.4 (0.1, 1.4)
 20-39 1.0 (0.6, 1.5) 2.7 (0.9, 8.4) 1.1 (0.5, 2.3) 3.6 (0.8, 16.6) 0.4 (0.1, 1.6)
 40-59 1.0 (0.6, 1.6) 1.5 (0.4, 5.6) 0.8 (0.4, 2.0) 1.9 (0.4, 10.7) 0.2 (0.02, 1.4)
 60-89 --REF-- --REF-- --REF-- --REF-- --REF--
 ≥90 0.8 (0.4, 1.5) 0.5 (0.1, 4.6) 0.5 (0.1, 1.9) 1.0 (0.1, 11.1) 1.1 (0.2, 6.2)

No. sex partners in last 3 monthse:
 3-30 1.3 (0.7, 2.4) 3.2 (0.9, 11.7) 1.1 (0.3, 3.7) 3.5 (0.6, 21.5) 2.6 (0.8, 8.7)
 31-59 0.9 (0.5, 1.6) 1.5 (0.4, 5.9) 1.2 (0.5, 3.4) 2.6 (0.5, 14.5) 1.3 (0.4, 3.5)
 60-75 1.5 (0.9, 2.5) 2.7 (0.8, 9.4) 2.2 (0.9, 5.6) 5.1 (1.0, 25.1)
 76-120 --REF-- --REF-- --REF-- --REF-- --REF--
 ≥121 1.0 (0.6, 1.6) 1.0 (0.3, 3.3) 1.1 (0.4, 2.5) 0.9 (0.6, 1.4) undefined

No. clients per week in last month:
 <5 0.7 (0.4, 1.2) 1.7 (0.5, 5.9) 0.8 (0.3, 2.0) 2.1 (0.4, 11.2) 0.5 (0.1, 1.6)
 5-9 1.1 (0.7, 1.8) 2.2 (0.7, 7.1) 1.3 (0.6, 2.9) 3.1 (0.7, 14.7) 0.6 (0.2, 2.2)
 10-15 0.9 (0.6, 1.5) 1.0 (0.3, 3.7) 0.7 (0.3, 1.7) 1.2 (0.2, 6.9) 0.5 (0.1, 2.3)
 16-25 --REF-- --REF-- --REF-- --REF-- --REF--
 >25 0.6 (0.3, 1.4) 0.6 (0.1, 5.7) 0.7 (0.2, 2.8) 1.1 (0.1, 12.8) undefined

No. years working as sex workerf:
 ≤1 1.0 (0.6, 1.7) 1.9 (0.7, 5.6) 1.5 (0.7, 3.6) 4.2 (0.9, 19.4) 1.8 (0.6, 5.3)
 2 0.4 (0.2, 0.8) 0.8 (0.2, 2.8) 0.3 (0.1, 1.1) 1.0 (0.1, 6.9) 0.3 (0.1, 1.3)
 3 1.2 (0.7, 1.9) 0.6 (0.1, 2.3) 1.0 (0.4, 2.6) 1.9 (0.3, 10.7)
 4-5 0.8 (0.5, 1.4) 0.8 (0.3, 2.6) 0.7 (0.2, 1.7) 1.4 (0.2, 8.8) --REF--
 ≥6 --REF-- --REF-- --REF-- --REF-- undefined

Ever had forced sex 2.2 (1.5, 3.1) 1.7 (0.8, 3.7) 1.8 (1.0, 3.4) 2.3 (0.9, 5.7) 0.8 (0.2, 2.6)

Lifetime no. HIV tests
 None --REF-- --REF-- --REF-- --REF-- --REF--
 1 0.6 (0.4, 0.9) 0.6 (0.3, 1.5) 0.6 (0.3, 1.2) 0.6 (0.2, 1.9) 4.8 (0.6, 41.2)
 ≥2 0.3 (0.2, 0.5) 0.6 (0.3, 1.5) 0.4 (0.2, 0.9) 1.1 (0.4, 3.0) 12.9 (1.7, 98.9)

HIV tested in last 6 months 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) 0.2 (0.1, 1.8) 0.1 (0.01, 1.0) 0.3 (0.04, 2.2) 3.4 (1.2, 9.1)

Sought STI treatment in last 3 months 2.1 (1.3, 3.3) 2.8 (1.2, 6.9) 3.1 (1.5, 6.2) 3.9 (1.4, 10.4) 0.6 (0.1, 4.3)

Drink alcohol regularly 1.5 (1.1, 2.2) 1.1 (0.5, 2.3) 1.3 (0.7, 2.3) 0.7 (0.3, 1.7) 1.3 (0.5, 3.3)

Ever imprisoned 1.8 (1.3, 2.6) 0.9 (0.4, 2.0) 1.2 (0.6, 2.2) 0.6 (0.2, 1.7) 1.4 (0.5, 3.5)

HSV-2 seropositive (baseline) 8.4 (4.8, 14.7) 3.9 (1.5, 10.5) 9.1 (3.2, 25.9) 17.9 (2.4, 134.7) 1.4 (0.5, 3.8)

Pregnant (baseline) 0.7 (0.3, 1.3) 0.8 (0.2, 3.5) 0.7 (0.2, 2.5) 1.1 (0.3, 5.0) NA

Abbreviations: OR=odds ratio; HR=hazard ratio; CI=confidence interval; HIV=Human Immunodeficiency Virus; RI=recent infection; STI=sexually transmitted infection; NA=not applicable.Bolded effect estimates have P< 0.05.
a Participants with CD4<200 removed from RI classification, considered probable long-term HIV infection.
b Sample sizes for different questions may vary slightly from the total N based on missing responses.
c Multiple responses allowed.
d A steady partner is a regular sex partner with whom the woman has sex more often than with other sex partner(s), but does not live with and is not married to.
e Categories for age-adjusted HR’s for prospective cohort are: 3-30; 31-75; and ≥76 partners (referent group is ≥76).
f Categories for age-adjusted HR’s for prospective cohort are: ≤1; 2-3; and ≥4 years (referent group is ≥4).