Table 4 Regression analysis for the risk of death in vertically HIV-infected children and adolescents

< 1 year

0.001

4.74

1.96

11.46

0.005

10.20

1.99

52.21

≥ 1 year

1.00

1.00

Yes

0.027

2.86

1.12

7.25

0.860

0.86

0.16

4.63

No

1.00

1.00

Yes

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

No

1.00

Yes

0.003

4.41

1.68

11.61

No

1.00

>25%

1.00

1.00

15–24%

0.296

1.87

0.58

6.07

0.244

2.62

0.52

13.22

<15%

0.012

4.25

1.38

13.06

0.107

5.06

0.71

36.29

≥ 100,000

0.004

6.42

1.84

22.36

0.115

3.31

0.75

14.71

<100,000

1.00

1.00

Mother had AIDS when she became pregnant

1.00

1.00

Mother during prenatal care

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

Mother during or following delivery, or father

0.017

0.12

0.02

0.69

0.108

0.13

0.01

1.57

When the child became ill

0.247

0.39

0.08

1.92

0.532

0.49

0.05

4.64

At diagnosis of a sibling

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

P. jiroveci pneumonia

0.001

7.20

2.85

18.19

0.010

7.26

1.62

32.54

Thrombocytopenia

0.001

5.02

1.89

13.33

Severe recurrent bacterial infections

0.003

4.27

1.61

11.32

Candidiasis - any type

0.005

3.47

1.45

8.30

Chronic anemia

0.012

6.73

1.53

29.64

Hepatitis/ HIV

0.004

3.85

1.53

9.65

Wasting syndrome

0.027

2.76

1.12

6.77

Extrapulmonary cryptococcosis

0.040

12.87

1.12

147.70

Kidney disorders

0.042

12.61

1.10

144.72

0.020

50.92

1.84

1411.87**

Tuberculosis

0.037

2.90

1.07

7.92

Lymphadenopathy >0.5 cm at more than two sites

0.061

0.44

0.19

1.04

Severe recurrent bacterial infection

0.082

2.51

0.89

7.05

Prolonged diarrhea or gastroenteritis

0.099

2.05

0.87

4.84