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Table 3 Associations between patient characteristics and all-cause exit, mortality and LTFU

From: Patient and health facility attributes associated with retention and virologic suppression in private for-profit health facilities in Nigeria

 

Hazard ratios (95% CI)*

All-cause exit

Mortality

LTFU

Sex

Female

1.0

1.0

1.0

Male

1.10 (1.04, 1.17)

1.47 (1.25, 1.73)

1.08 (1.00, 1.16)

State

Benue

1.0

1.0

1.0

FCT

2.61 (1.87, 3.65)

0.99 (0.48, 2.01)

5.22 (2.96, 9.22)

Nasarawa

1.97 (1.41, 2.75)

0.94 (0.45, 1.91)

3.66 (2.08, 6.46)

Pregnancy status

Not pregnant

1.0

1.0

1.0

Pregnant

1.09 (0.92, 1.30)

0.94 (0.48, 2.01)

1.08 (0.87, 1.33)

Breastfeeding

0.64 (0.50, 0.81)

0.32 (0.10, 1.01)

0.62 (0.46, 0.83)

Age at ART start†

1st quartile

1.0

1.0

1.0

2nd quartile

0.98 (0.91, 1.06)

0.69 (0.57, 0.84)

1.07 (0.97, 1.18)

3rd quartile

0.10 (0.92, 1.08)

0.62 (0.50, 0.77)

1.12 (1.01, 1.24)

4th quartile

1.16 (1.07, 1.26)

0.54 (0.42, 0.68)

1.38 (1.25, 1.53)

ARV refill duration

3 months

1.0

1.0

1.0

2 months

1.13 (1.02, 1.24)

1.40 (0.99, 1.98)

1.03 (0.91, 1.17)

1 month

2.21 (2.01, 2.43)

3.34 (2.40, 4.62)

2.21 (1.97, 2.49)

Contact tested

No

1.0

1.0

1.0

Yes

0.40 (0.36, 0.44)

0.42 (0.31, 0.56)

0.37 (0.32, 0.42)

Facility support model

Standard

1.0

1.0

1.0

Model

0.86 (0.81, 0.91)

1.12 (0.96, 1.31)

0.78 (0.73, 0.83)

  1. *Estimates adjusted for gender, state, year of ART enrollment, pregnancy status, age at start of ART, ART refill appointment duration, ART regimen at start of treatment, baseline CD4, contact testing and type of facility support
  2. † 1st quartile ≥ 41 years; 2nd quartile 33—40 years; 3rd quartile 28—32 years; 4th quartile 18—27 years
  3. LTFU – Lost to follow up
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