Association between gender-based discrimination and medical visits and HIV testing in a large sample of transgender women in northeast Brazil

Table 3 Bivariate analysis of factors associated with HIV testing in the last 12 months among TGW in Northeast Brazil, 2017

Variables	HIV testing in the last 12 months ^a
Variables	No (%)	Yes (%)	*p-value*	OR	95%CI
Main exposure
GBD			0.023
No	37.91	62.09		1.00	-
Yes	56.52	43.48		0.47	0.24–0.91
Covariates
Age			0.004
Up to 25 years	61.17	38.83		1.00	-
26 years and over	47.23	52.77		1.76	1.19–2.60
Skin color			0.623
Non-black	56.61	43.39		1.00	-
Black	53.57	46.43		1.13	0.69–1.85
Monthly income			0.385
US$252.87 or less	57.13	42.87		1.00	-
> US$252.87	52.62	47.38		1.20	0.79–1.81
Years of schooling			0.015
Up to 9 years of study	61.11	38.89		1.00	-
10 years and over	48.95	51.05		1.64	1.10–2.44
Support in case of illness			0.692
Never or sometimes	55.39	44.61		1.00	-
Often or always	53.35	46.65		1.09	0.72–1.63
Support to accompany in the medical visits			0.876
Never or sometimes	53.43	46.57		1.00	-
Often or always	54.22	45.78		0.97	0.65–1.44
Health satisfaction			0.348
Dissatisfied	50.49	49.51		1.00	-
Satisfied	55.53	44.47		0.82	0.53–1.25
Need for medical treatment			0.001
No need or very little need	59.36	40.64		1.00	-
Moderately or very much	41.83	58.17		2.03	1.32–3.13
Self-reported quality of life			0.383
Poor	47.83	52.17		1.00	-
Good	55.13	44.87		0.75	0.38–1.45
Hormone use			0.898
No	54.41	45.59		1.00	-
Yes	53.77	46.23		1.02	0.69–1.52
Illicit use of industrial liquid silicone			0.021
No	57.26	42.74		1.00	-
Yes	44.31	55.69		1.68	1.08–2.63
Enrollment in PHC			0.204
No	58.23	41.77		1.00	-
Yes	51.36	48.64		1.32	0.86–2.03
PHC as a usual source of care			0.468
No	52.82	47.18		1.00	-
Yes	56.53	43.47		0.86	0.57–1.29
Participation in TGW civil society organizations			0.007
No	57.46	42.54		1.00	-
Yes	42.88	57.12		1.80	1.17–2.77

GBD gender-based discrimination, TGW transgender women, PHC primary health care
^a Weighted by RDS-II estimator

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