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Table 2 Univariate and Multivariate Model Estimates for Post-HAART Mortality by Baseline Parameters Prior to HAART Initiation, U.S. Military HIV Natural History Study

From: Clinical, demographic and laboratory parameters at HAART initiation associated with decreased post-HAART survival in a U.S. military prospective HIV cohort

Baseline Covariate (at HAART initiation)

Univariate Hazard Ratio (95% CI)

Multivariate Hazard Ratio (95% CI)

Gender: Female vs. Male

0.89 (0.44, 1.80)

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Age:

  

   per 5 years older if age < 40 years

1.11 (0.95, 1.30)

0.91 (0.76, 1.08)

   per 5 years older if age ≥ 40 years

1.27 (1.12, 1.44)**

1.32 (1.16, 1.51)**

Race

  

   Caucasian

1.00 (Reference)

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   African American

1.22 (0.91, 1.65)

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   Other

0.92 (0.54, 1.58)

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BMI

  

   < 25

1.00 (Reference)

--- †

   25 to < 30

0.73 (0.52, 1.03)

--- †

   ≥ 30

0.64 (0.38, 1.10)

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   Unknown

1.29 (0.87, 1.93)

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Clinical AIDS event prior to HAART

4.26 (3.09, 5.87)**

1.93 (1.33, 2.81)**

CD4+ count at (cells/mm3)

  

   ≤ 50

8.91 (5.15, 15.40)**

2.97 (1.56, 5.65)**

   51-200

3.07 (1.76, 5.35) **

1.74 (0.97, 3.12)

   201-349

1.69 (0.96, 2.98)

1.39 (0.79, 2.46)

   350-499

1.29 (0.71, 2.35)

1.21 (0.66, 2.19)

   ≥ 500

1.00 (Reference)

1.00 (Reference)

HIV RNA (copies/ml) per one log10 increase

1.72 (1.44, 2.04)**

1.36 (1.12, 1.64)*

Anemia within 3 years

  

   No

1.00 (Reference)

1.00 (Reference)

   Yes

2.61 (1.92, 3.55)**

1.36 (0.97, 1.92)

   Unknown

2.29 (0.72, 7.30)

1.96 (0.40, 5.73)

Chronic HBV or HCV antibody positive

  

   No

1.00 (Reference)

1.00 (Reference)

   Yes

2.61 (1.88, 3.63)**

1.96 (1.39, 2.76)**

   Unknown

0.73 (0.27, 1.99)

0.98 (0.36, 2.67)

Year of HIV diagnosis

  

   Before 1996

3.35 (2.16, 5.21)**

2.44 (1.51, 3.93)**

   1996 or after

1.00 (Reference)

1.00 (Reference)

Year of HAART initiation

  

   Before 2000

2.13 (1.31, 3.46)*

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   2000-2010

1.00 (Reference)

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Time from SC to HAART (years) per 1 year increase

1.10 (1.06, 1.14)**

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Other (non-HAART) ART

3.28 (2.21, 4.87)**

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  1. * p = 0.002 ** p < 0.001
  2. † Multivariate model included only variables significant in univariate analysis
  3. †† Not included in multivariate model because of strong collinearity with Year of HIV diagnosis