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Table 2 Individual-level characteristics and prevalence ratios for the outcome: pregnant women who obtained a HIV screening

From: Factors associated with HIV and syphilis screenings among pregnant women at first antenatal visit in Lusaka, Zambia

Characteristics

HIV Screened, n = 17,374

HIV Screened, %

PR (95% CI)

aPRa (95% CI)

Age

 < 20

2406

98.0

Ref

Ref

 20–34

13,168

95.5

0.97 (0.96, 0.99)

0.99 (0.98, 1.00)

 ≥ 35

1800

90.8

0.93 (0.89, 0.96)

0.96 (0.92, 0.99)

Marital status

 Married/with a partner

15,312

95.2

Ref

Ref

 Single

1972

96.8

1.02 (1.01, 1.03)

1.00 (0.99, 1.01)

 Widowed without current partner

44

80.0

0.84 (0.65, 1.08)

0.86 (0.67, 1.09)

 Divorced/separated

46

83.6

0.88 (0.82, 0.94)

0.88 (0.82, 0.95)

Education

 ≤ Primary complete

6227

94.0

Ref

Ref

 > Primary complete to ≤ Secondary school

9589

95.9

1.02 (1.01, 1.03)

1.01 (1.00, 1.02)

 > Secondary school

1558

97.0

1.03 (1.01, 1.05)

1.02 (1.00, 1.04)

History of syphilis infection

 No

17,017

95.5

Ref

Ref

 Yes

357

88.4

1.08 (1.01, 1.16)

1.07 (1.01, 1.15)

Previous pregnancy

 0

4733

97.9

Ref

Ref

 1

4495

96.1

0.98 (0.97, 0.99)

0.99 (0.98, 1.00)

 2

3461

94.3

0.96 (0.94, 0.98)

0.97 (0.95, 0.99)

 3

2338

93.6

0.96 (0.93, 0.98)

0.97 (0.95, 0.99)

 ≥ 4

2347

92.1

0.94 (0.92, 0.97)

0.97 (0.95, 0.98)

Women with ≥ 1 previous pregnancy

n = 12,544

%

PR (95% CI)

aPRa (95% CI)

Previous preterm births

 0

12,077

94.4

Ref

Ref

 1

392

91.0

0.97 (0.94, 0.99)

0.97 (0.94, 1.00)

 ≥ 2

75

94.9

0.99 (0.93, 1.05)

1.00 (0.94, 1.06)

Previous abortions and/or stillbirths

 0

10,501

94.4

Ref

Ref

 1

1653

94.1

0.99 (0.98, 1.01)

1.00 (0.98, 1.02)

 ≥ 2

390

92.4

0.97 (0.93, 1.01)

0.99 (0.95, 1.02)

  1. aAdjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were adjusted for age, marital status, education, history of known syphilis infection, and previous pregnancy