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. 2023 Aug 14;12:73. doi: 10.1186/s40249-023-01119-7

Table 3.

Poisson segmented regression models of the impact of treat-all on mean CD4 at ART initiation among PLHIV in China 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2019

IRR (95% CI)
Level change at treat-all P value Level change in
December 2019
P value Trend before treat-all P value Trend after treat-all P value
Mean CD4 0.990 (0.956–1.026) 0.585 0.973 (0.842–1.124) 0.709 0.998 (0.995–1.001) 0.196 0.997 (0.997–0.998)  < 0.001
Gender
 Male 1.001 (0.968–1.036) 0.941 0.955 (0.822–1.109) 0.548 0.998 (0.995–1.001) 0.213 0.997 (0.996–0.998)  < 0.001
 Female 0.932 (0.891–0.976) 0.003 1.124 (1.092–1.156)  < 0.001 0.996 (0.995–0.996)  < 0.001 1.000 (0.999–1.001) 0.567
Age, years
 0–25 1.015 (0.976–1.056) 0.447 0.932 (0.748–1.160) 0.526 1.001 (0.997–1.006) 0.553 0.999 (0.999–1.000) 0.081
 26–35 1.002 (0.967–1.038) 0.926 0.881 (0.751–1.033) 0.118 1.001 (0.998–1.004) 0.553 0.998 (0.997–0.999)  < 0.001
 36–50 1.007 (0.944–1.074) 0.841 1.134 (0.915–1.404) 0.250 0.995 (0.991–0.999) 0.022 0.998 (0.997–1.000) 0.060
 > 50 0.971 (0.876–1.076) 0.572 1.340 (0.921–1.949) 0.126 0.992 (0.985–0.998) 0.014 0.999 (0.998–1.000) 0.137
Route of transmission
 Heterosexual 0.936 (0.852–1.027) 0.163 1.137 (0.866–1.493) 0.357 0.995 (0.989–1.000) 0.058 0.999 (0.998–1.000) 0.170
 Homosexual 1.038 (0.994–1.084) 0.093 0.941 (0.837–1.057) 0.304 1.000 (0.997–1.002) 0.743 0.997 (0.996–0.998)  < 0.001
 Others 1.024 (0.971–1.080) 0.380 0.908 (0.704–1.171) 0.458 1.001 (0.996–1.006) 0.727 0.998 (0.997–0.999) 0.001
Region
 Northern China 1.033 (1.001–1.065) 0.041 0.916 (0.808–1.040) 0.175 1.002 (1.000–1.004) 0.042 0.999 (0.998–1.000) 0.113
 Northeastern China 1.080 (1.003–1.164) 0.042 0.805 (0.689–0.941) 0.007 1.002 (0.999–1.005) 0.126 0.995 (0.993–0.997)  < 0.001
 Southern China 1.004 (0.939–1.074) 0.900 0.700 (0.475–1.031) 0.071 1.006 (0.998–1.014) 0.118 0.998 (0.996–0.999) 0.001
 Southwestern China 0.926 (0.867–0.989) 0.022 1.145 (0.875–1.499) 0.322 0.993 (0.988–0.998) 0.010 0.998 (0.997–0.999) 0.003
 Eastern China 1.109 (0.971–1.268) 0.128 2.396 (1.589–3.614)  < 0.001 0.982 (0.975–0.990)  < 0.001 1.000 (0.998–1.003) 0.768

IRR Incidence rate ratio, CI Confidence interval, ART Antiretroviral therapy. Treat-all: June 2016. PLHIV: People living with HIV. Region was divided into Northern China (Hohhot, Shijiazhuang, Beijing and Tianjin), Northeastern China (Dalian and Shenyang), Southern China (Guangzhou and Shenzhen), Southwestern China (Chongqing and Dehong), and Eastern China (Nanjing)