Early retention among pregnant women on ‘Option B + ’ in urban and rural Zimbabwe

Table 3 Factors associated with discontinuing ART at delivery HIV positive pregnant women on antiretroviral therapy in Bulawayo city and Mazowe district: Zimbabwe Jan-Mar 2018

Characteristics	Number on ART	Number (%) Attrition		Unadjusted RR (95% CI)	P value	Adjusted RR (95% CI)	P value
Age (years)
15–19	16	5	7%	Reference		Reference
20–24	66	13	17%	0.83 (0.3–2.1)	0.72	0.64 (0.2–2.1)	−0.46
25–29	83	24	32%	1.1 (0.4–3.0)	0.8	0.8 (0.3–2.8)	0.79
30–49	148	33	44%	0.82 (0.3–2.1)	0.68	0.6 (0.2–2.1)	0.44
Parity category
0	52	12	16%	Reference		Reference
1	78	19	25%	1.0 (0.5–2.1)	0.91	1.0 (0.4–2.6)	0.97
2	91	20	27%	0.9 (0.4–1.8)	0.82	0.9 (0.3–2.6)	0.89
3+	91	24	32%	1.9 (0.5–2.2)	0.79	1.0 (0.3–2.8)	0.93
Gestational age at first ANC visit (weeks)
≤ 12	31	14	19%	Reference		Reference
13–27	196	41	55%	0.7 (0.3–1.2)	0.26	0.6 (0.3–1.2)	0.16
≥ 28	65	11	15%	1.3 (0.6–2.7)	0.58	0.9 (0.3–2.3)	0.78
Marital status
Married/living together	222	50	67%	Reference		Reference
Single	29	6	8%	1.0 (0.4–2.4)	0.91	1.1 (0.41–2.8)	0.90
Widowed /Divorced/Separated	13	5	4%	2.2 (0.7–7.2)	0.17	1.4 (0.52–3.8)	0.51
Facility Location
Urban	180	44	59%	0.7 (0.5–1.1)	0.16	0.7 (0.4–1.3)	0.27
Rural
ART status
Already on ART	150	29	39%	1.3 (0.8–2.1)	0.27	1.6 (0.8–2.9)	0.17
Newly initiated on ART

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