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Table 2 ORs and the corresponding 95 % CIs demographic factors and HIV sero-positivity among the study patients

From: Unrecognized human immunodeficiency virus infection and risk factors among elderly medical patients at the Korle Bu teaching hospital, Accra, Ghana

 

N [1,100]

HIV status

OR

95 % CI

p-value

Pos (46)

Neg (1054)

Education

 Illiterate

466

14

452

0.62

0.20–1.93

0.29

 Basic

230

12

218

1.10

0.35–3.51

0.57

 Secondary

320

16

304

1.05

0.34–3.24

0.60

 Tertiary

84

4

80

a

  

Marital Status

 Married

956

43

913

2.21

0.68–7.23

0.13

 Unmarried

144

3

141

a

  

Religion

 Christian

668

24

644

0.46

0.19–1.11

0.08

 Muslim

338

15

323

0.58

0.23–1.46

0.18

 Other

94

7

87

a

  

Occupation

 Formal

231

8

223

1.47

0.47–4.57

0.35

 Informal

659

33

626

2.16

0.83–5.61

0.07

 Unemployed

210

5

205

a

  
  1. a: references for calculations of OR