Prevalence and factors associated with use of khat: a survey of patients entering HIV treatment programs in Ethiopia

Table 4 Demographic characteristics of patients from Dil Chora (Dire Dawa) and Hiwot Fana (Harar) Hospital HIV Clinics, comparing heavy khat users (≥180 h in a typical month) to all other participants: multivariate analysis

Demographic characteristic	Odds ratio (95% CI)	p value^a
Gender
Male (vs. female)	2.36 (1.23, 4.52)	0.010
Age
≤25 years (vs. >35)	1.03 (0.42, 2.54)	0.978
26–35 years (vs. >35)	1.07 (0.55, 2.08)
Marital
Married (vs. other)	0.38 (0.19, 0.77)	0.007
Religion
Muslim (vs. Orthodox Christian)	2.55 (1.34, 4.87)	0.009
Protestant (vs. Orthodox Christian)	0.55 (0.12, 2.57)
Employment
Day laborer (vs. other occupation)	1.33 (0.68, 2.60)	0.704
Unemployed (vs. other occupation)	1.20 (0.51, 2.84)
Education
No school (vs. above primary)	1.22 (0.56, 2.66)	0.413
Some primary school (vs. above primary)	0.73 (0.35, 1.51)

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