PMID- 23104748
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130528
LR  - 20121029
IS  - 1758-1052 (Electronic)
IS  - 0956-4624 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 10
DP  - 2012 Oct
TI  - Risk factors for HIV-1 infection in India: evidence from the National Family 
      Health Survey.
PG  - 729-35
LID - 10.1258/ijsa.2009.009243 [doi]
AB  - To study demographic, social, behavioural and biological variables as risk 
      factors for HIV infection among men and women in India, we used data from the 
      cross-sectional, population-based National Family Health Survery (NFHS)-3 
      2005-06. During the survey, 52,853 women aged 15-49 years and 50,093 men aged 
      15-54 years gave consent to anonymous HIV testing. HIV serostatus data for men 
      and women were analysed for their relationships to key characteristics using 
      bivariate and multivariate techniques. In the analysis of the study sample, in 
      both men and women the ages of highest risk for HIV were between 25 and 34 years. 
      Married, widowed, divorced women and men had higher odds of being HIV-positive; 
      employed individuals also had a higher risk of being HIV-positive (odds ratio 
      [OR] = 1.89 and 2.89, respectively). Muslim women had a lower risk (OR 0.23). 
      Wealth was not found to be associated with HIV serostatus among men in our study 
      sample. In women, a history of genital ulcer or sore significantly increased 
      their risk. Circumcised men were found to be at a lower risk for HIV infection. 
      HIV is a multi-dimensional epidemic, with demographic, residential, social, 
      biological and behavioural factors exerting influence on individual probability 
      of becoming infected with HIV.
FAU - Hazarika, I
AU  - Hazarika I
AD  - Indian Institute of Public Health - Public Health, Plot No. 34, Sector 44 
      Institutional Area Gurgaon, New Delhi, Delhi 122002, India. 
      indrajit.hazarika@iiphd.org
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Int J STD AIDS
JT  - International journal of STD & AIDS
JID - 9007917
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Circumcision, Male/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - HIV Seropositivity/*epidemiology/virology
MH  - *HIV-1
MH  - Health Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - India/epidemiology
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Multivariate Analysis
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Sexual Behavior/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Sexually Transmitted Diseases/epidemiology
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
EDAT- 2012/10/30 06:00
MHDA- 2013/05/29 06:00
CRDT- 2012/10/30 06:00
PHST- 2012/10/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/10/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/05/29 06:00 [medline]
AID - 23/10/729 [pii]
AID - 10.1258/ijsa.2009.009243 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J STD AIDS. 2012 Oct;23(10):729-35. doi: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.009243.