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Published in final edited form as: Trop Med Int Health. 2023 Nov 27;29(1):42–56. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13951

Table 3.

Factors associated with viral blip in AHOD using repeated measured logistic regression

Univariable model Multivariable model
OR (95% CI) P-value Adjusted OR (95% CI) P-value
Age at ART initiation 0.12 0.049
<=30 Ref Ref
31–40 0.85 (0.71, 1.03) 0.88 (0.73, 1.06)
41–50 0.89 (0.74, 1.08) 0.93 (0.77, 1.13)
>50 0.77 (0.62, 0.96) 0.75 (0.6, 0.93)
Sex
Male Ref Ref
Female 1.02 (0.83, 1.26) 0.85 0.82 (0.64, 1.06) 0.14
Country of birth 0.07 0.08
Australia & New Zealand Ref Ref
Overseas 1 (0.86, 1.15) 0.91 (0.78, 1.06)
Unknown 0.78 (0.63, 0.97) 0.7 (0.56, 0.88)
HIV mode of acquisition 0.018 0.07
MSM Ref Ref
Injecting drug use 1.41 (1.07, 1.86) 1.31 (0.98, 1.75)
Heterosexual 1.2 (1.03, 1.41) 1.24 (1.02, 1.51)
Other/Unknown 1.12 (0.8, 1.56) 1.1 (0.78, 1.54)
CD4 at ART initiation, cells/mm 3 <0.001 <0.001
<=200 Ref Ref
201–350 0.68 (0.56, 0.82) 0.68 (0.56, 0.82)
351–500 0.59 (0.48, 0.74) 0.57 (0.46, 0.7)
500+ 0.59 (0.47, 0.73) 0.52 (0.41, 0.65)
Missing 0.78 (0.65, 0.93) 0.82 (0.66, 1.03)
HIV RNA at ART initiation, copies/mL 0.03 0.37
<=100,000 Ref Ref
>100,000 1.24 (1.05, 1.45) 1.09 (0.93, 1.28)
Missing 1.03 (0.89, 1.2) 0.94 (0.78, 1.14)
Documented treatment interruption duration * <0.001 <0.001
No interruption Ref Ref
1-<14 days 0.93 (0.75, 1.15) 0.98 (0.79, 1.22)
14 days – 3 months 1.06 (0.8, 1.42) 1.13 (0.85, 1.51)
3 months – 6 months 1.45 (1.02, 2.07) 1.53 (1.07, 2.18)
> 6 months 1.36 (1.17, 1.59) 1.62 (1.35, 1.93)
HBV surface antigen positivity 0.77 0.94
Negative Ref Ref
Positive 1.08 (0.76, 1.54) 1.01 (0.71, 1.44)
Unknown 0.95 (0.79, 1.14) 0.96 (0.77, 1.2)
HCV antibody positivity 0.38 0.98
Negative Ref Ref
Positive 1.11 (0.88, 1.38) 1.02 (0.8, 1.3)
Unknown 1.03 (0.81, 1.3) 1.02 (0.78, 1.35)
Number of VL measurement (per 5-unit increase) 1.03 (1, 1.07) 0.05 1.1 (1.06, 1.15) <0.001
ART type commenced 0.30 0.57
NRTI+NNRTI Ref Ref
NRTI+PI 1.09 (0.94, 1.26) 1.06 (0.91, 1.23)
NRTI+INSTI 1.12 (0.92, 1.38) 1.02 (0.79, 1.32)
Other 0.88 (0.68, 1.15) 0.87 (0.67, 1.14)
Year of ART initiation 0.011 <0.001
<2005 Ref Ref
2006–2010 0.87 (0.75, 1.02) 0.68 (0.52, 0.88)
2011–2015 1.03 (0.87, 1.21) 0.84 (0.6, 1.16)
2016–2022 1.45 (1.07, 1.98) 1.2 (0.73, 1.96)
Duration of ART (per 5-year increase) 0.97 (0.93, 1.02) 0.28 0.78 (0.69, 0.88) <0.001
Participant care setting 0.36 0.015
Sexual health services Ref Ref
GP 1.02 (0.88, 1.18) 1.09 (0.94, 1.27)
Hospital 0.89 (0.75, 1.07) 0.82 (0.68, 0.98)
*

Time-updated variables

Global p-values are tested for heterogeneity excluding missing values.

Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy; MSM, male to male sex; VL, viral load, NRTI, nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors; NNRTI, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; PI, protease inhibitor; INSTI, integrase strand transfer inhibitor; OR, odds ratio.