Does HIV index testing bring patients into treatment at earlier stages of HIV disease? Results from a retrospective study in Ukraine

Table 3 Multivariable regression of clinical factors at time of ART initiation

	Confirmed TB diagnosis			WHO HIV Stage 4			CD4 count (< 200)
	(n = 5,646)			(n = 5,838)			(n = 5,124)
	aRR	95% CI	p-value	aRR	95% CI	p-value	aRR	95% CI	p-value
Index testing participation
Other ART initiators	Ref	-	-	Ref	-	-	Ref	-	-
Named partners	0.56	(0.40, 0.78)	< 0.001	0.68	(0.54, 0.85)	< 0.001	0.84	(0.73, 0.97)	0.015
Age (years)	1.02	(1.01, 1.03)	< 0.001	1.03	(1.02, 1.04)	< 0.001	1.03	(1.02, 1.03)	< 0.001
Sex
Female	Ref	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Male	1.48	(1.19, 1.86)	< 0.001	0.92	(0.76, 1.12)	0.416	1.00	(0.92, 1.09)	0.966
Facility type
Other ART site	Ref	-	-	Ref	-	-	Ref	-	-
City AIDS Center	0.40	(0.14, 1.14)	0.087	0.95	(0.56, 1.62)	0.856	0.93	(0.80, 1.08)	0.329
Regional AIDS center	0.55	(0.32, 0.96)	0.035	0.72	(0.47, 1.13)	0.152	0.73	(0.59, 0.90)	0.003

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