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Table 2 Area under the curve for the relationship between adherence (DBS EFV & Hair EFV concentration) and viral load (> 50 copies/ml and > 1000 copies/ml)

From: Comparison of efavirenz levels in blood and hair with pharmacy refills as measures of adherence and predictors of viral suppression among people living with HIV in Nigeria

Test results

AUROC

Std error

95% confidence interval

p value

Upper

Lower

Viral load > 50 copies/mL

 Hair EFV concentration

0.54

0.09

0.35

0.72

0.70

 DBS EFV concentration

0.34

0.07

0.20

0.49

0.09

Viral load > 1000 copies/mL

 Hair EFV concentration

0.69

0.08

0.53

0.84

0.08

 DBS EFV concentration

0.47

0.07

0.33

0.61

0.76

  1. AUC Area under the receiver operating characteristics curve