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Table 2 Patients with a viral load ≥1000 copies/ml, in Ruhengeri hospital and Musanze health center, in Rwanda, in 2016

From: Viral load detection and management on first line ART in rural Rwanda

Characteristics

VL done in 2016

Patients with VL ≥ 1000 copies in 2016

N(%)

Crude OR (95%IC)

P-value

Adjusted OR (95%IC)

P-value

Total

510

59 (11.5)

    

Sex

 Female

345

29 (8.4)

1-

 

1-

 

 Male

165

30 (18.2)

2.4 (1.4–4.2)

0.001

2.1 (1.1–4.0)

0.02

Age group

0.07

  

 30–49

304

30 (9.9)

1-

 

 

 15–29

109

12 (11.0)

1.1 (0.5–2.3)

0.7

  

 50 et Plus

55

7 (12.7)

1.3 (0.5–3.2)

0.5

  

 0–14

42

10 (23.8)

2.8 (1.3–6.4)

0.01

  

Health facility

 Hospital

240

29 (12.1)

1-

 

 

 Health center

270

30 (11.1)

0.9 (0.5–1.5)

0.7

  

Area of residence

0.9

  

  < 5 km

348

41 (11.8)

1-

 

 

 5-10 km

148

16 (10.8)

0.9 (0.5–1.7)

0.8

  

  > 10 km

14

2 (14.3)

1.2 (0.2–5.8)

0.8

  

Marital status

 Married

292

30 (10.3)

1-

 

 

 Not married

218

29 (13.3)

1.3 (0.8–2.3)

0.3

  

Current occupation

0.01

  

 Farmer

311

30 (9.6)

1-

 

1-

 

 Public/private servant

133

15 (11.3)

1.2 (0.6–2.3)

0.6

1.1 (0.5–2.3)

0.8

 Unemployed

59

11 (18.6)

2.1 (1.0–4.5)

0.05

1.3 (0.5–3.1)

0.5

 Sex worker

7

3 (42.9)

7.0 (1.5–32.8)

0.01

6.4 (1.1–36.0)

0.03

Mode of enrollment

0.3

  

 VCT

262

33 (12.6)

1-

 

 

 PIT

85

13 (15.3)

1.2 (0.6–2.5)

0.5

  

 PMTCT

100

7 (7.0)

0.5 (0.2–1.2)

0.1

  

 Transferred In

63

6 (9.5)

0.7 (03–1.8)

0.5

  

WHO Clinical stage

< 0.001

  

 1

264

25 (9.5)

1-

 

1-

 

 2

99

18 (18.2)

2.1 (1.1–4.1)

0.02

1.7 (0.8–3.6)

0.07

 3

138

11 (8.0)

0.8 (0.4–1.7)

0.6

0.7 (0.3–1.7)

0.49

 4

9

5 (55.6)

11.9 (3.0–47.3)

< 0.001

8.8 (1.8–43.0)

0.007

CD4 count

0.002

  

 500 et Plus

158

10 (6.3)

1-

   

 200–500

292

35 (12.0)

2.0 (0.97–4.2)

0.06

  

 0–199

60

14 (23.3)

4.5 (1.9–10.8)

0.001

  

Initial ART regimen

 TDF + 3TC + EFV

443

49 (11.1)

1-

 

 

Other regimen

67

10 (14.9)

1.4 (0.7–2.9)

0.4

  

Previous VL test

< 0.001

  

  < 20 copies/ml

343

19 (5.5)

1-

 

1-

 

 20–1000 copies/ml

49

7 (14.3)

2.8 (1.1–7.1)

0.03

2.4 (0.9–6.3)

0.07

  > 1000 copies/ml

75

25 (33.3)

8.5 (4.4–16.6)

0.000

7.2 (3.5–14.5)

< 0.001

 No previous VL test

43

8 (18.6)

3.9 (1.6–9.5)

0.002

3.1 (1.2–8.1)

0.02

  1. ART: antiretroviral therapy; km: kilometer; ml: milliliter; N: number; OR: odds ratio; PIT: provider initiated testing; PMTCT: prevention mother to child transmission; VCT: voluntary counselling and testing; VL: viral load; WHO: World Health Organization