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Table 2 Predictors of unplanned care interruption in the first year on ART in a Nigerian cohort+

From: High rates of unplanned interruptions from HIV care early after antiretroviral therapy initiation in Nigeria

 

Bivariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

 

IRR

p value

95 % CI

IRR

p value

95 % CI

Sex

 Female

Ref

     

 Male

1.09

0.301

0.92, 1.29

   

Agea

0.85

<0.0001

0.77, 0.93

1.06

0.333

0.94, 1.19

Marital status

 Married

Ref

  

Ref

  

 Single

1.28

0.007

1.07, 1.52

1.17

0.196

0.93, 1.45

 Widowed

0.86

0.221

0.67, 1.10

0.82

0.174

0.61, 1.09

Employment

 Unemployed

Ref

  

Ref

  

 Employed

0.87

0.129

0.73, 1.04

1.10

0.417

0.88, 1.37

 Student

1.46

0.007

1.11, 1.92

1.95

<0.0001

1.36, 2.80

Education

 Tertiary

Ref

  

Ref

  

 Primary/Secondary

1.22

0.031

1.02, 1.47

1.39

0.005

1.10, 1.75

 None

1.21

0.080

0.98, 1.51

1.58

0.001

1.20, 2.09

Relative enrolled in same clinic

 No

Ref

     

 Yes

0.98

0.840

0.80, 1.19

   

Baseline CD4/uL

 <50

Ref

  

Ref

  

 50-100

0.85

0.446

0.55, 1.30

0.77

0.243

0.50, 1.19

 101-200

0.77

0.171

0.53, 1.12

0.72

0.085

0.50, 1.05

 200-350

0.85

0.355

0.59, 1.21

0.81

0.241

0.57, 1.15

 >350

3.30

<0.0001

2.40, 4.54

3.21

<0.0001

2.32, 4.44

TB baseline

 No

Ref

     

 Yes

1.11

0.589

0.75, 1.65

   

Enrollment year

      

 2009

Ref

  

Ref

  

 2010

0.99

0.876

0.82, 1.18

0.88

0.251

0.71, 1.09

 2011

0.94

0.510

0.77, 1.14

0.80

0.061

0.64, 1.01

  1. ART Antiretroviral Therapy, IRR Incidence Rate Ratio
  2. aAge is modeled in 10-year increments
  3. +n = 2,000 with complete data on all variables in multivariate model