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

Table 4 Multivariable regression of ART initiation timeliness

	Timely ART initiation (< 7 days) (n = 5,224)
	aRR	95% CI	p-value
Index testing participation
Other ART initiators	Ref	-	-
Named partners	1.36	(1.23, 1.50)	< 0.001
Age (years)	1.00	(1.00, 1.00)	0.659
Sex
Female	Ref	-	-
Male	1.07	(0.99, 1.16)	0.070
Facility type
Other ART site	Ref	-	-
City AIDS Center	1.19	(0.97, 1.46)	0.104
Regional AIDS center	1.27	(1.01, 1.60)	0.042
TB diagnosis	0.78	(0.61, 1.00)	0.051
WHO HIV Stage 4	0.73	(0.62, 0.86)	< 0.001

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