Table 4: Association of sexual lifestyles with HIV, HBV, HCV and Syphilis sero-positivity in participants by univariate analysis.

HIV-1/2 antibody positive HBV surface antigen positive HCV antibody positive Treponema pallidum antibody positive
n/N % (N = 10) χ2 P value n/N % (N = 19) χ2 P value n/N % (N = 4) χ2 P value n/N % (N = 27) χ2 P value
Sexual Orientation
Heterosexual 10 (100) 0.36 0.009 18 (94.7) 15.23 < 0.0001 4 (100) 6.28 0.004 27 (100) 11.25 0.03
Homosexual - - - 1 (5.3) - 0.25 - - - - - -
Bisexual - - - - - - - - - - - -
Regular sexual partner(s)
Yes 9 (90.0) 12.12 0.013 10 (52.6) 5.64 0.304 1 (25.0) 0.37 0.509 10 (37.0) 0.23 0.55
No 1 (10.0) 0.15 0.23 9 (47.4) 4.56 0.25 3 (75.0) 0.71 0.48 17 (63.0) 0.16 0.66
History of forced sex?
Yes - - - 1 (5.3) 0.36 0.239 1 (25.0) 0.35 0.578 7 (25.9) 0.23 0.094
No 10 (100) 2.59 0.01 18 (94.7) 9.56 0.02 3 (75.0) 5.64 0.06 20 (74.1) 6.32 0.03
Have you ever used condoms during sex?
Yes 5 (50.0) 2.36 0.845 8 (42.1) 0.59 0.654 2 (50.0) 0.11 0.903 13 (48.1) 0.65 0.898
No 5 (50.0) 2.36 0.845 11 (57.9) 0.98 0.95 2 (50.0) 0.67 0.74 14 (51.9) 0.87 0.59

p value was calculated by Pearson's Chi square (χ2) with confidence interval (CI) of 95% and 1 degree of freedom (df). p values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant and are indicated in bold fonts (*).