Seroprevalence and risk factors of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection among the general Uygur population from south and north region of Xinjiang, China

Table 3 Univariate analysis of KSHV seroprevalence in the subjects from southern part of Xinjiang

Characteristic	Uygur people n(%)	KSHV seropositivity n(%)	OR	95% CI	P value
Gender
Male	497	111 (22.3)	1.00
Female	511	122 (23.8)	1.10	0.81-1.46	0.56
Age
< 40	584	124 (21.2)	1.00
40-55	225	48 (21.3)	1.01	0.69-1.47	0.98
≥55	199	61 (30.7)	1.64	1.14-2.35	0.01
Education level
Illiterate/semiliterate	180	51 (28.3)	1.00
Elementary school	540	131 (24.3)	0.81	0.55-1.18	0.28
Junior high school	288	51 (17.7)	0.54	0.35-0.85	0.01
Family number
≤5 people	641	151 (23.6)	1.00
> 5 people	367	82 (22.3)	0.93	0.69-1.27	0.66
Smoking
No	931	217 (23.3)	1.00
Yes	77	16 (20.8)	0.86	0.49-1.53	0.61
Drinking
No	995	227 (22.8)	1.00
Yes	13	6 (46.2)	2.90	0.97-8.72	0.06
HBV
Negative	983	226 (23.0)	1.00
Positive	25	7 (28.0)	1.30	0.54-3.16	0.56
HCV
Negative	994	229 (23.0)	1.00
Positive	14	4 (28.6)	1.34	0.42-4.30	0.63
BMI
≥25	330	73 (22.1)	1.00
< 25	678	160 (23.6)	0.92	0.67-1.26	0.60
Total	1008	233 (23.1)

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