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Table 4 Log-linear effects of age, viral load baseline, CD4 baseline, gender and non-adherence on baseline transition intensities for CD4 and viral load stages

From: A superiority of viral load over CD4 cell count when predicting mortality in HIV patients on therapy

  

Log-linear effects (βij)

 

Baseline (qij0)

Age

VLBL

CD4BL

Gender

Non-adherence

i;j

CD4

VL

CD4

VL

CD4

VL

CD4

VL

CD4

CD4

VL

1;2

0.7373

0.4957

−1.3266

−0.1479

−0.1436

0.1153

−0.4644

− 0.0973

− 0.2887

− 0.2319

0.2189

1;death

0.0003

0.0001

− 0.7467

4.4953

1.1724

3.4155

0.9160

3.5811

0.5660

−0.0148

4.4320

2;1

0.5699

4.025

0.3444

−0.4369

−0.1826

− 0.3702

−0.3360

0.3262

0.1063

0.7056

−1.3054

2;3

0.7515

6.068

−0.0925

0.4862

0.4300

2.4328

−0.0483

−2.8265

0.8865

0.9685

3.2746

2;death

0.0026

0.0058

4.3919

−1.5407

4.1370

3.4727

−0.0313

5.2590

1.8332

−2.2185

−5.0841

3;2

1.2831

62.87

0.2862

0.0611

−0.1617

0.8531

−0.5877

−2.9784

0.1138

0.1224

1.9255

3;4

0.7053

0.2084

0.0226

5.5325

−0.1768

1.1270

−0.4604

5.7147

−0.5035

0.6828

−0.2225

3;death

0.0001

0.0008

3.0206

−0.2825

2.0134

−0.3685

2.2871

0.1540

−3.9785

5.1871

−1.5359

4;3

0.7923

40.77

0.0223

0.4827

0.3822

−2.6884

−1.4319

0.8024

−0.5364

−0.3456

−0.7337

4;5

0.0005

0.5795

−2.0121

1.0819

3.6009

0.7886

3.3325

−2.2219

−5.8879

−4.0417

4.8056

4;6

 

0.0019

 

0.0607

 

−0.5510

 

−0.4202

  

−0.7981

5;4

 

100.5

 

−5.0660

 

−1.1924

 

2.1054

  

1.0696

5;6

 

0.0398

 

0.2639

 

1.8205

 

−3.4286

  

−2.0918

−2xLL

2595.89

1767.02

         
  1. Age = 1 if ≤45 years and 0 otherwise; VLBL:- viral load baseline =1 if >10000copies/mL and 0 otherwise, CD4BL:- CD4 baseline = 1 if ≤200 cells/mm3 and 0 otherwise; Gender = 1 if “male” and 0 if “female”; Non-adherence =1 if “yes” and 0 if “no”; −2xLL:-  likelihood ratio test