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. 2023 Jun 1;39(6):285–293. doi: 10.1089/aid.2021.0169

Table 3.

Factors Associated with Serious Adverse Events in the Cohort

Covariates Univariate, IRR (95% CI) p Multivariate, aIRR (95% CI) p
PHIV 5.91 (2.97–11.77) <.001 5.65 (2.89–11.05) <.001
Sex, female 1.71 (0.93–3.15) .08 1.79 (0.99–3.23) .053
Age, <20 years 1.60 (1.01–2.52) .05 1.67 (1.05–2.63) .029
BMI, <18.5 kg/m2 1.76 (1.09–2.83) .02    
Highest education level   .001    
 Grades 1–12 Ref      
 Preuniversity/university 0.14 (0.04–0.47)      
 Nonformal education 0.32 (0.14–0.74)      
Alcohol use, ever 0.44 (0.23–0.84) .01    
Cigarette smoking, ever 1.15 (0.7–1.89) .58    
Recreational drug use, ever 1.11 (0.64–1.94) .71    
Laboratory-diagnosed STIs and HR-HPV 1.56 (0.98–2.47) .06    
 Laboratory-diagnosed STIs 1.91 (1.16–3.14) .01    
 Any HR-HPVa 1.72 (1.09–2.73) .02    
 HPV 16 and/or 18 onlyb 2.03 (1.26–3.26) .004 1.91 (1.19–1.06) .007
PHIV cohort
 Sex, female 2.06 (1.05–4.03) .03    
 Age, <20 years 1.39 (0.85–2.28) .19    
 BMI, <18.5 kg/m2 1.31 (0.78–2.18) .30    
 CD4, cells/mm3   <.001   .001
  <200 8.38 (4.98–14.13)   3.35 (1.62–6.95)  
  200–350 0.84 (0.26–2.70)   0.54 (0.16–1.85)  
  ≥350 Ref   ref  
 HIV-RNA, ≥1,000 copies/mL 5.80 (3.41–9.87) <.001 3.25 (1.60–6.61) .001
 Adherence to ART, <95% 5.28 (3.04–9.17) <.001    
 WHO stages 3 or 4 vs. 1 or 2 3.90 (2.13–7.16) <.001 2.38 (1.24–4.59) .01
 Alcohol use, ever 0.54 (0.28–1.04) .06 0.37 (0.19–0.71) .003
 Laboratory-diagnosed STIs and HR-HPV 1.60 (0.96–2.67) .07    
  Laboratory-diagnosed STIs 1.66 (0.99–2.79) .06    
  Any HR-HPVa 1.81 (1.09–3.02) .02    
  HPV 16 and/or 18 only 2.20 (1.34–3.63) .002 1.97 (1.16–3.33) .012
a

HR-HPV includes genotypes 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, and 68.

b

Among the 2 HPV-related variables, only HPV 16 and/or 18 was included in the adjusted models.

aIRR, adjusted incident rate ratio; CI, confidence interval.