Volume 10, Number 11—November 2004
Dispatch
Commercial Logging and HIV Epidemic, Rural Equatorial Africa
Christian Laurent*
, Anke Bourgeois*†, Mireille Mpoudi†, Christelle Butel*, Martine Peeters*, Eitel Mpoudi-Ngolé†, and Eric Delaporte*
, Anke Bourgeois*†, Mireille Mpoudi†, Christelle Butel*, Martine Peeters*, Eitel Mpoudi-Ngolé†, and Eric Delaporte*
Table 1
Characteristics of the study population and category-specific HIV seroprevalence in a commercial logging area, southern Cameroon, 2001a
| Characteristic | Men (N = 228) |
Women (N = 256) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | HIV+ (%) | OR | 95% CI | n | HIV+ (%) | OR | 95% CI | |
| Village of residence | ||||||||
| Nkonzuh | 66 | 6.3 | 1.00 | 84 | 14.5 | 1.00 | ||
| Mboumo | 70 | 4.4 | 0.68 | 0.15–3.17 | 75 | 6.9 | 0.44 | 0.15–1.32 |
| Kompia | 92 | 0.0 | – | 97 | 11.3 | 0.77 | 0.32–1.86 | |
| Median time spent in the village (y) | 23 | 15.2 | ||||||
| Ethnic group | ||||||||
| Badjoe | 184 | 2.7 | 1.00 | 190 | 11.2 | 1.00 | ||
| Pygmies | 18 | 0.0 | – | 13 | 0.0 | – | ||
| Others | 25 | 8.3 | 3.18 | 0.58–17.39 | 51 | 14.0 | 1.28 | 0.51–3.21 |
| Age group (y) | ||||||||
| 15–24 | 73 | 1.4 | 0.89 | 0.05–14.46 | 71 | 10.0 | 2.11 | 0.59–7.54 |
| 25–34 | 51 | 6.0 | 3.96 | 0.40–39.26 | 51 | 22.5 | 5.65 | 1.68–18.94 |
| 35–49 | 39 | 5.1 | 3.54 | 0.31–40.48 | 52 | 11.5 | 2.48 | 0.66–9.25 |
| >50 | 65 | 1.6 | 1.00 | 82 | 4.9 | 1.00 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married | 124 | 3.3 | 1.00 | 139 | 4.4 | 1.00 | ||
| Free union | 16 | 6.3 | 1.95 | 0.20–18.62 | 22 | 36.4 | 12.19 | 3.70–40.22 |
| Single | 64 | 1.6 | 0.48 | 0.05–4.38 | 38 | 18.4 | 4.82 | 1.51–15.35 |
| Divorced | 8 | 12.5 | 4.88 | 0.47–50.60 | 8 | 25.0 | 7.11 | 1.18–42.91 |
| Separated | 4 | 0.0 | – | 11 | 18.2 | 4.74 | 0.83–26.93 | |
| Widowed | 10 | 0.0 | – | 37 | 8.1 | 1.94 | 0.46–8.17 | |
| Level of education | ||||||||
| Never schooled | 22 | 0.0 | – | 68 | 2.9 | 1.00 | ||
| Primary school | 152 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 156 | 12.4 | 4.64 | 1.05–20.54 | |
| Secondary school or higher | 54 | 7.7 | 4.17 | 0.90–19.31 | 32 | 22.6 | 9.48 | 1.84–48.85 |
| Occupation | ||||||||
| None | 2 | 0.0 | – | 21 | 5.0 | 1.00 | ||
| Culture | 126 | 2.4 | 1.00 | 206 | 11.8 | 2.56 | 0.33–20.01 | |
| Hunting | 29 | 3.7 | 1.56 | 0.03–20.31 | 0 | – | – | |
| Retired | 6 | 0.0 | – | 1 | 0.0 | – | ||
| Other | 57 | 5.5 | 2.44 | 0.31–18.74 | 25 | 12.5 | 2.71 | 0.26–28.37 |
| Potential risk factors for HIV infection | ||||||||
| Blood transfusion | 2 | 0.0 | – | 10 | 33.3 | 4.32 | 1.02-18.35 | |
| Injection | 220 | 3.2 | – | 248 | 11.0 | 0.75 | 0.09–6.47 | |
| Surgery | 31 | 3.2 | 1.02 | 0.02–8.89 | 39 | 5.3 | 0.40 | 0.09–1.75 |
| Circumcision | 220 | 3.2 | – | – | – | |||
| Excision | – | 0 | – | |||||
| Tattoo | 10 | 10.0 | 3.80 | 0.41–34.94 | 28 | 17.9 | 1.88 | 0.65–5.42 |
| Sexually transmitted infection | 90 | 5.6 | 3.87 | 0.73–20.40 | 37 | 21.6 | 2.66 | 1.07–6.60 |
| Serologic evidence of syphilisb | 19 | 5.3 | 1.93 | 0.22–16.99 | 27 | 7.4 | 0.61 | 0.14–2.71 |
a+, positive; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
bRapid plasma reagin and Treponema pallidum hemagglutination positive.
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