Factors associated with loss to follow-up after occupational HIV exposure in Cape Town, South Africa: a retrospective cohort study

Table 2 Variables associated with loss to follow-up at 3 months

Variables	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	P value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P value
Age (per 10-year increase)	0.7 (0.5–0.9)	0.003	0.6 (0.5–0.9)	0.011
Sex
Women ^a
Men	1.4 (0.8–2.4)	0.190	1.4 (0.8–2.5)	0.262
Health care worker
Allied health professional^a
Doctor	2.9 (1.6–5.4)	0.001	2.7 (1.3–5.5)	0.006
Student	2.0 (1.1–3.6)	0.022	1.2 (0.6–2.6)	0.584
Type of exposure
Hollow-bore^a
Mucocutaneous	1.6 (0.9–2.9)	0.095	1.1 (0.6–2.2)	0.707
Solid sharp	1.3 (0.7–2.4)	0.377	1.0 (0.5–1.9)	0.948
Source patient HIV status
Positive	0.9 (0.4–1.8)	0.742	0.5 (0.2–1.1)	0.074
Unknown^a
Antiretroviral
Dual	1.4 (0.8–2.3)	0.250	1.5 (0.8–2.8)	0.228
Triple^a
Time from exposure to receiving PEP (h)
<24^a
>24	3.0 (1.0–9.2)	0.052	5.9 (1.3–26.9)	0.023

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