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Table 4 Factors associated with viral rebound among HIV Patients on treatment

From: Factors associated with viral suppression and rebound among adult HIV patients on treatment: a retrospective study in Ghana

Variable

Viral rebound (n = 115)

cOR (95% CI)

p value

aOR (95% CI)

p value

WHO stage of HIV

 Stage I

15 (13.0)

Ref. (1)

–

Ref. (1)

–

 Stage II

37 (32.2)

5.26 (2.76–10.04)

< 0.0001

7.39 (2.67–20.51)

< 0.0001

 Stage III

60 (52.2)

7.40 (4.02–13.62)

< 0.0001

8.62 (3.16–23.50)

< 0.0001

 Stage IV

3 (2.6)

3.22 (0.83–12.532)

0.092

4.01 (0.47–34.06)

0.2040

Adherence to ART

 Good

20 (17.4)

Ref. (1)

–

Ref. (1)

–

 Fair

59 (51.3)

7.78 (4.49–13.49)

< 0.0001

8.71 (3.96–19.18)

< 0.0001

 Poor

36 (31.3)

50.07 (22.21–112.87)

< 0.0001

175.48 (44.30–695.07)

< 0.0001

Presence of other condition (s)

 No

94 (81.7)

Ref. (1)

–

Ref. (1)

–

 Yes

21 (18.3)

1.84 (1.05–3.22)

0.034

1.99 (0.77–5.14)

0.1550

Presence of opportunistic infection (s)

 No

94 (81.7)

Ref. (1)

–

Ref. (1)

–

 Yes

21 (18.3)

2.62 (1.46–4.72)

0.0010

1.23 (0.39–3.90)

0.7210

Baseline suppression category

 Target not detected

26 (22.8)

Ref. (1)

–

Ref. (1)

–

 < 20

23 (20.2)

1.69 (0.92–3.09)

0.0880

1.62 (0.65–3.99)

0.2990

 20–49

65 (57.0)

8.25 (4.87–13.98)

< 0.0001

6.43 (2.72–15.17)

< 0.0001

Ever stopped or changed ARV

 No

97 (84.3)

Ref. (1)

–

Ref. (1)

–

 Yes

18 (15.7)

2.41 (1.29–4.48)

0.0060

1.61 (0.45–5.73)

0.4600

Common ARV combinations

 TDF/3TC/EFV

46 (40.0)

Ref. (1)

–

Ref. (1)

–

 AZT/3TC/EFV

22 (19.1)

10.68 (5.17–22.06)

< 0.0001

6.49 (1.85–22.79)

0.0040

 TDF/3TC/NVP

8 (7.0)

2.91 (1.21–6.99)

0.0170

3.48 (0.53–22.87)

0.1950

 AZT/3TC/NVP

24 (20.9)

11.65 (5.70–23.82)

< 0.0001

18.68 (1.58–220.90)

0.0200

 TDF/3TC/LPV/r

8 (7.0)

3.43 (1.40–8.39)

0.0070

2.26 (0.56–9.19)

0.2520

 TDF/3TC/DTG

1 (0.9)

0.35 (0.05–2.64)

0.3060

0.21 (0.02–2.26)

0.1990

Durability of ARV (months)

 0–6

36 (31.3)

19.41 (4.45–84.76)

< 0.0001

8.87 (2.92–31.36)

< 0.0001

 7–12

34 (29.6)

8.74 (2.02–37.73)

0.0040

6.70 (2.23–22.91)

< 0.0001

 13–24

34 (29.6)

7.36 (1.71–31.73)

0.0070

4.63 (1.34–24.48)

< 0.0001

 25–36

9 (7.8)

2.72 (0.57–13.05)

0.2110

3.68 (0.75–13.21)

0.0940

 37–48

2 (1.7)

Ref. (1)

–

Ref. (1)

–

  1. Adjusted for age and gender
  2. bold values indicate the p-value is statistically significant
  3. HIV human immunodeficiency virus, WHO World Health Organization, ARV antiretroviral, ART antiretroviral therapy, TDF tenofovir, 3TC lamivudine, EFV efavirenz, ABC abacavir, FTC emtricitabine, NVP nevirapine, AZT zidovudine, LPV/r lopinavir/ritonavir, DTG dolutegravir, cOR crude odd ratio, aOR adjusted odd ratio, CI confidence interval