TABLE 3.

Correlates of Participants Receiving At Least 2 HIV Retests by 9 Months Postpartum (N=661), Cross-Sectional Study Only, Kenya

Received at Least 2 HIV Retests
NNo (N=313)
No. (%)
NYes (N=348)
No. (%)
Crude PRb (95% CI)P ValueAdjusted PRb (95% CI)P Value
Sociodemographic characteristics
Age range, years313348----
 <2177 (25)86 (25)Ref
 21–30199 (64)220 (63)1.00 (0.85, 1.16)1.0
 >3037 (12)42 (12)1.01 (0.73, 1.39)1.0
Enrollment year313348
 2017117 (35)118 (34)RefRef
 201886 (37)101 (29)1.08 (1.07, 1.08)c<.0011.07 (1.05, 1.10)<.001
 2019110 (27)129 (37)1.07 (0.60, 1.93).81.08 (0.62, 1.89).8
Completed secondary education313179 (57)348172 (49)0.86 (0.74, 1.00).060.86 (0.75, 1.00).05
Neither parent alive31336 (12)34854 (16)1.17 (0.92, 1.47).2
Monthly household income ≥10,000KSH19090 (47)19988 (44)0.94 (0.72, 1.22).6
Relationship characteristics and sexual behavior
 Married308187 (61)341245 (72)1.28 (1.19, 1.38)c<.001
 Polygamous marriaged2049 (4)26618 (7)1.19 (0.92, 1.55).2
 Partner completed secondary educationd197147 (75)266179 (67)0.86 (0.72, 1.04)0.1
 Partner HIV status unknown/positived20675 (36)27076 (28)0.84 (0.79, 0.89)c<.001
 Frequency of condomless sex (last month)145131 (90)160140 (88)0.88 (0.63, 1.23).5
 Lifetime number of sexual partners31398 (31)348113 (32)1.02 (0.88, 1.19).7
Reproductive history
 Gravidity, mean (95% CI)3131.77 (1.65, 1.90)3482.03 (1.89, 2.18)1.08 (1.02, 1.14)c.01
 Facility deliverye135130 (96)175166 (95)0.87 (0.59, 1.29).5
  • Abbreviations: PR, prevalence ratio; CI, confidence interval.

  • a Due to collinearity, variables maternal age, marital status, partner HIV status and gravidity were excluded from the multivariate analysis. Variables identified as potential confounders a priori were included in multivariate Poisson GLMs; maternal age, education except marital status.

  • b Using robust standard errors.

  • c Statistically significant.

  • d Among women with current partner.

  • e Among multiparous women.