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Table 2 Risk factors for ICU admission among 2751 HIV positive patients attending King’s College Hospital, South London, UK

From: Late HIV diagnosis is a major risk factor for intensive care unit admission in HIV-positive patients: a single centre observational cohort study

 

Crude IRR

P-value

Adjusted IRR

P-value

Age (per 10 year increase)

1.39 (1.17, 1.66)

0.001

1.21 (0.95, 1.54)

0.13

Female sex

1.46 (1.22, 2.20)

0.03

1.11 (0.79, 3.48)

0.48

Black ethnicity

0.99 (0.65, 1.52)

0.99

  

HIV risk factor

    

Heterosexual

1

 

1

 

Homosexual

0.57 (0.33, 0.98)

0.04

0.64 (0.33, 1.25)

0.19

IVDU

1.79 (0.81, 3.95)

0.15

1.01 (0.34, 2.96)

0.99

Hepatitis B surface antigen positive

1.95 (0.99, 3.82)

0.07

1.46 (0.65, 3.28)

0.36

Hepatitis C antibody positive

0.63 (0.23, 1.73)

0.94

  

AIDS (CDC-C)

9.58 (5.42, 16.9)

<0.0001

6.94 (3.73, 12.9)

<0.0001

CD4 cell count (cells/mm3)

    

>350

1

 

1

 

200-350

1.01 (0.48, 2.02)

1.00

0.98 (0.45, 2.15)

0.97

100-200

2.89 (1.39, 5.85)

0.003

2.22 (1.01, 4.88)

0.05

50-100

12.5 (6.35, 24.6)

<0.0001

2.70 (0.92, 7.98)

0.07

<50

21.0 (11.7, 37.8)

<0.0001

6.11 (2.99, 12.5)

<0.0001

Initiated cART

0.17 (0.11, 0.27)

<0.0001

0.11 (0.07, 0.19)

<0.0001

HIV RNA <400 copies/mL

0.73 (0.44, 1.24)

0.31

  
  1. CD4 cell count, cART status and HIV RNA level are included as time-updated variables.
  2. cART-combination antiretroviral therapy.