Table 3.

Mortality: Cox proportional hazards models between baseline characteristics and death

		Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
Baseline Characteristic	No. of Deaths	Hazard ratio 95% CI	p	Hazard ratio 95% CI	p
Gender
Male	6	1.00		1.00	-
Female	7	1.14 (0.38–3.40)	0.810	2.78 (0.66–11.86)	0.163
Age
< 3 yrs	5	1.00		1.00	-
3–5 yrs	2	0.35 (0.07–1.81)	0.210	1.37 (0.21–9.04)	0.747
6–8 yrs	3	0.52 (0.12–2.16)	0.365	0.25 (0.02–2.93)	0.268
≥ 9 yrs	3	0.92 (0.22–3.85)	0.908	2.18 (0.44–10.85)	0.342
WHO clinical stage
Stage 1–3	7	1.00		1.00	-
Stage 4	6	3.01 (1.01–8.95)	0.048*	1.82 (0.41–8.03)	0.430
Weight (**2 missing values)
≥ 5 Percentile	1	1.00		1.00	-
< 5 Percentile	10	8.60 (1.10–67.15)	0.040*	4.96 (0.45–55.31)	0.193
CD4% (**1 missing value)
≥ 5%	5	1.00		-	-
< 5%	7	2.65 (0.84–8.34)	0.097	-	-
Tuberculosis
Absent	5	1.00		1.00	-
Present	8	3.39 (1.11–10.37)	0.032*	1.08 (0.25–4.59)	0.919
Pulmonary
Absent	9	1.00		-	-
Present	4	1.53 (0.47–5.01)	0.480	-	-
Extrapulmonary
Absent	10	1.00		-	-
Present	3	3.06 (0.84–11.20)	0.091	-	-
Chronic gastroenteritis
Absent	3	1.00		1.00	-
Present	10	6.69 (1.84–24.30)	0.004*	12.34 (1.27–119.71)	0.030*
Pneumonia
Absent	9	1.00		1.00	-
Present	4	5.23 (1.61–16.98)	0.006*	4.03 (0.79–20.54)	0.094
PCP
Absent	10	1.00		1.00	-
Present	3	3.81(1.05–13.86)	0.042*	5.35 (0.84–33.86)	0.075
Oesophageal candidiasis
Absent	12	1.00		-	-
Present	1	0.92 (0.12–7.04)	0.932	-	-
Hemoglobin
> 10 g/dl	5	1.00		-	-
≤ 10 g/dl	8	1.87 (0.61–5.73)	0.272	-	-
Primary caregiver HIV Status
HIV negative or unknown	10	1.00	-	1.00	-
HIV positive	3	0.26 (0.07–0.95)	0.041*	0.12 (0.02–0.88)	0.037*
Primary caregiver receiving HAART at Sinikithemba
Primary caregiver not in care	12	1.00	-	-	-
Primary caregiver in care	1	0.13 (0.02–1.01)	0.051	-	-
Parent status
Two parent alive	6	1.00	-	-	-
One parent alive	4	0.92 (0.26–3.26)	0.896	-	-
Neither parent living	3	0.82 (0.21–3.28)	0.778	-	-