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. 2009 Mar 6;9:78. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-78

Table 4.

Percentage of those (n = 1980) who bypass a local service to access a centre of excellence or specialist service, by demographics and infection route

Chi Square Logistic Regression
n df % X2 P Adj odds ratio (95% CI) P

Age 54.6 <0.001

Under 20 74 3 87.8 Ref 0.015

20–34 603 1 47.4 0.612 (0.25, 1.502) 0.284

35–49 1038 1 59.8 0.882 (0.36, 2.159) 0.783

50+ 265 1 57.7 0.772 (0.304, 1.959) 0.586

Route and sex 100.7 <0.001

Sex between men 1121 3 51.3 Ref <0.001

Male heterosexual 236 1 57.2 1.071 (0.758, 1.515) 0.697

Female heterosexual 431 1 56.1 1.032 (0.739, 1.441) 0.854

Other 192 1 90.1 8.057 (4.597, 14.122) <0.001

Deprivation and urban category 28.2 <0.001

Not urban, least deprived 88 3 30.7 Ref <0.001

Urban, least deprived 659 1 55.5 2.703 (1.602, 4.561) <0.001

Urban, average 680 1 59.1 3.607 (2.133, 6.100) <0.001

Urban, most deprived 553 1 59.7 3.622 (2.123, 6.180) <0.001

Ethnicity and residency 19.7 0.001

British white 1350 5 54.4 Ref 0.032

British black African 193 1 63.7 1.22 (0.805, 1.850) 0.348

British other/unknown 118 1 57.6 0.931 (0.600, 1.443) 0.748

Asylum seeker 153 1 58.2 1.069 (0.683, 1.673) 0.771

Overseas student 48 1 81.3 3.953 (1.774, 8.808) 0.001

Other non national 118 1 61.0 1.127 (0.689, 1.842) 0.634

Level of antiretroviral therapy 154.4 <0.001

None 568 2 35.4 Ref <0.001

Mono/dual/triple 1019 1 67.3 3.56 (2.821, 4.491) <0.001

Quad or more 393 1 60.6 2.576 (1.940, 3.420) <0.001

Total 1980 56.8

Univariate Chi square analysis and logistic regression to predict visiting a centre of excellence/specialist services.