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Table 3 Unadjusted and adjusted risk factors for nonadherence to ART among a cohort of mothers and NVP among a cohort of infants in South Africa followed in 2012–2014 identified with cox proportional hazards model (unweighted)

From: Longitudinal adherence to maternal antiretroviral therapy and infant Nevirapine prophylaxis from 6 weeks to 18 months postpartum amongst a cohort of mothers and infants in South Africa

Mothers

N = 1322a

Nonadherence

Cox proportional hazard model

Characteristic

Unadjusted

(95% CI)

p value

Adjusted

(95% CI)

p value

hazard ratio

hazard ratio

Maternal age

 35+ years

1

  

1

  

 25–34 years

1.21

0.96–1.54

0.111

1.21

0.95–1.54

0.123

 16–24 years

1.93

1.46–2.53

0.000

1.87

1.42–2.47

0.000

Delivery care location

 Hospital/clinic

1

  

1

  

 Home/other

1.61

1.03–2.53

0.036

1.87

1.19–2.94

0.007

CD4 result received

 CD4 test done and result received

1

  

1

  

 CD4 test not done

1.43

0.88–2.34

0.150

1.34

0.82–2.20

0.242

 CD4 test done, result not received

1.33

1.10–1.62

0.004

1.28

1.06–1.57

0.012

 Do not know if had CD4 test

2.56

1.73–3.80

0.000

2.15

1.44–3.20

0.000

HIV status disclosed to family and/or friends

 Yes

1

  

1

  

 No

1.69

1.33–2.14

0.000

1.67

1.31–2.12

0.000

Planned pregnancy

 Yes

1

  

1

  

 No

1.25

1.04–1.51

0.017

1.18

0.98–1.42

0.082

 No response

2.14

0.30–15.27

0.448

2.54

0.35–18.28

0.356

Initiated ART after delivery

 No

1

  

1

  

 Yes

1.66

1.36–2.03

0.000

1.61

1.31–1.96

0.000

 Don’t know/Chose not to answer

1.15

0.83–1.59

0.404

1.14

0.82–1.58

0.425

Infants

N = 1231b

Nonadherence

Cox proportional hazard model

Characteristic

Unadjusted

95% CI

p-value

Adjusted

95% CI

p-value

hazard ratio

hazard ratio

Province

 Free State

1

  

1

  

 Limpopo

1.30

0.35–4.86

0.693

1.31

0.35–4.89

0.689

 Eastern Cape

2.97

1.01–8.68

0.047

2.97

1.01–8.73

0.048

 Northern Cape

5.27

1.92–14.44

0.001

5.16

1.86–14.28

0.002

 Gauteng

1.23

0.40–3.75

0.719

1.25

0.41–3.82

0.701

 KwaZulu Natal

1.97

0.68–5.66

0.210

2.02

0.70–5.85

0.192

 Mpumalanga

2.58

0.89–7.42

0.079

2.48

0.86–7.17

0.093

 Northwest

4.86

1.85–12.79

0.001

4.81

1.82–12.72

0.002

 Western Cape

4.28

1.48–12.32

0.007

3.95

1.37–11.41

0.011

Maternal parity

 One child

1

  

1

  

 2–3 children

1.26

0.74–2.13

0.394

1.07

0.62–1.82

0.817

 4+ children

1.68

0.90–3.16

0.106

1.45

0.76–2.75

0.259

Mother ever heard of PMTCT

 Yes

1

  

1

  

 No

1.76

1.01–3.06

0.044

1.70

0.96–3.00

0.068

Mother knows partner’s HIV status

 Yes

1

  

1

  

 No

1.48

0.98–2.24

0.061

1.46

0.97–2.21

0.072

  1. aMothers were included in survival analysis if they were on ART at 6 weeks and had information about ART adherence at any follow-up visit
  2. bInfants were included in survival analysis if they were on NVP at birth and had information about NVP adherence at any follow-up visit