Adapting strategies for effective and efficient pediatric HIV case finding in low prevalence countries: risk screening tool for testing children presenting at high-risk entry points in Ethiopia

Table 2 Predictors of HIV positivity among 2–14 year-old children in Ethiopia from multivariable logistic model obtained from L1 regularization

	Coefficients		Rescaled^b Coefficients	Adjusted^c odds ratios (95% CI)
Screening predictor	Regularized	MLE^a
Recurrent skin problems	2.74	2.76 (2.02– 3.51)	4	15.7 (7.5–33.3)
Enrolled from index testing or TB clinic	2.46	2.49 (1.72–3.35)	4	12.0 (5.6–28.5)
Mother deceased	1.46	1.50 (0.15–2.70)	2	4.5 (1.2–14.8)
Severe malnutrition	1.46	1.49 (0.69– 2.28)	2	4.4 (2.0– 9.7)
Urban residence	1.17	1.21 (0.20–2.40)	1	3.3 (1.2–11.1)
Missed school due to poor health	0.75	0.77 (-0.15–1.62)	1	2.2 (0.9–5.0)

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