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

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

	N [1,100]	HIV status		OR	95 % CI	p-value
	N [1,100]	Pos (46)	Neg (1054)	OR	95 % CI	p-value
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

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