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Table 8 Average fluctuation of CD4 cell count and Hazard Ratio estimates for final selected joint models

From: Determinants of CD4 cell count change and time-to default from HAART; a comparison of separate and joint models

parameter

Parameter estimate

Hazard Ratio (HR) estimate.

Average fluctuation

95% Credible interval

HR

95% Credible intervals

 Intercept

−4.350

(−7.435, −2.856)

0.1295

(0.082, 0.454)

 Age

−0.006

(−0.003, −0.019)

0.0362

(0.009, 0.052)

 Weight

0.001

(−0.008, 0.002)

0.0056

(0.001,0.008)

 Baseline CD4 count

0.004

(0.001, 0.025)

0.0015

(0.001,0.002)

Marital Status (Reference = without partner)

 With partner

0.007

(0.003, 0.009)

0.005

(0.003, 0.008)

Sex (Reference = male)

 Female

0.034

(0.004,0.067)

0.023

(0.003,0.075)

Ownership of cell phone (Reference = With phone)

 Without cell phone

−0.006

(−0.004, − 0.024)

0.007

(0.004, 0.009)

Level of adherence (Reference = Good adherence)

 Poor adherence

−0.523

(− 0.644, − 0.235)

0.483

(0.002, 0.621)

 Fair adherence

−0.452

(− 0.671, − 0.253)

0.552

(0.092,0.831)

Level of disclosure of the disease (Reference = yes)

 No

−0.002

(− 0.073, − 0.001)

0.1020

(0.003,0.324)

WHO stages (Reference = Stage IV)

 Stage I

0.151

(− 0.002, 0.246)

0.2511

(0.081, 0.452)

 Stage II

0.157

(0.032, 0.224)

0.1567

(0.092, 0.421)

 Stage III

0.138

(−0.231, 0.231)

0.4381

(0.231, 0.643)

 Time

0.021

(0.001, 0.064)

0.1209

(0.091, 0.241)

τ1

−2.965

(−4.547, −1.234)

0.0341

(0.010, 0.067)

τ3

0.653

(0.254, 0.923)

1.7342

(1.234, 1.966)