Table 3 Association between exposure variables and viral load non-suppression for routine tests done between 2014 and 2018
Variable | Category | Suppression | Non-suppression | p-value** | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |||
Sex | Female | 54,048 | 87.1 | 7992 | 12.9 |  < 0.001 |
Male | 31,255 | 84.7 | 5660 | 15.3 | ||
Missing | 2402 | 86.7 | 368 | 13.3 | ||
Age | Children (0–9 years) | 1860 | 73.1 | 684 | 26.9 |  < 0.001 |
Adolescents (10–19 years) | 3393 | 67.2 | 1655 | 32.8 | ||
Young adults (20–24 years) | 2601 | 75.7 | 833 | 24.3 | ||
Adults (25–49 years) | 57,160 | 87.3 | 8289 | 12.7 | ||
Adults (≥ 50 years) | 19,467 | 90.4 | 2078 | 9.8 | ||
Year of ART initiation |  < 2010 | 25,023 | 85.8 | 4158 | 14.2 |  < 0.001 |
2011–2013 | 29,383 | 85.8 | 4868 | 14.2 | ||
2014–2015 | 21,693 | 87.0 | 3254 | 13.0 | ||
 > 2016 | 11,606 | 87.0 | 1740 | 13.0 | ||
Breastfeeding | Confirmed | 4010 | 87.6 | 569 | 12.4 | 0.006 |
Unconfirmed* | 83,695 | 86.2 | 13,451 | 13.8 | ||
Pregnant | Confirmed | 2402 | 89.1 | 292 | 10.9 |  < 0.001 |
Unconfirmed* | 85,303 | 86.1 | 13,727 | 13.9 | ||
Consent to receive VL results notification via mobile text message reminder | Yes | 66,394 | 86.7 | 10,156 | 13.3 |  < 0.001 |
No | 16,322 | 84.6 | 2975 | 15.4 | ||
Missing | 4989 | 84.9 | 889 | 15.1 | ||
Level of care | Primary | 57,244 | 87.3 | 8320 | 12.7 |  < 0.001 |
Secondary | 29,024 | 84.4 | 5347 | 15.6 | ||
Tertiary | 1322 | 79.8 | 335 | 20.2 | ||
Missing | 115 | 86.5 | 18 | 13.5 | ||