Volume 13, Number 10—October 2007
THEME ISSUE
Global Poverty and Human Development
Research
HIV and Tuberculosis in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1997–2002
Tran Ngoc Buu*†, Rein M.G.J. Houben‡§1, Hoang Thi Quy*, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan*, Martien W. Borgdorff†‡, and Frank G.J. Cobelens†‡
Table 3
Time trends for HIV among tuberculosis patients in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1997–2002*
| Variable | OR† (95% CI) | p value‡ |
|---|---|---|
| Age, y | 0.001 | |
| <24 | 4.49 (1.3–15.3) | |
| 25–34 | 2.82 (0.9–8.6) | |
| 35–44 | 0.67 (0.2–2.3) | |
| >44§ | 1 | |
| Risk category | 0.005 | |
| IDU | 10.56 (1.6–66.6) | |
| Non-IDU§ | 1 |
*OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; IDU, injection drug user.
†OR from time × variable in model; OR>1 indicates a faster rise in HIV prevalence in that category than in the baseline category.
‡p value for likelihood ratio χ2 test for excluding variable from model.
§Baseline category.
