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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2010 Jul 17;24(11):1679–1687. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833a097b

Table 3.

Risk factors for viremia

Patients'
Characteristics
Basic
adjusted
model
Final model

VL>400 RNA
copies/ml
VL<400
RNA
copies/ml
Adj. OR
(95% CI)*
P
value
OR
(95% CI)
P
Value

NNRTI based regimen
Gender
 Men 30 (12.7%) 207 (87.3%) 1
 Women 72 (11.2%) 573 (88.8%) 0.9 (0.6-1.5) 0.75
Missed any pills during last
week-end
 No 92 (90.2%) 740 (95.8) 1 1
 Yes 10 (9.8%) 32 (4.2%) 2.5 (1.2-5.4) 0.02 2.7 (1.3-5.6) 0.01
On a child support grant
 No 68 (10.4%) 584 (89.6%) 1
 Yes 33 (14.9%) 189 (85.1%) 1.6 (0.9-2.6) 0.08
On a disability grant
 No 58 (10.9%) 473 (89.1%) 1
 Yes 43 (12.5%) 300 (87.5%) 1.2 (0.8-1.9) 0.40
Type of clinic
 NGO 43 (10%) 388 (90%) 1
 Public 59 (13.1%) 392 (86.9%) 1.4 (0.9-2.2) 0.12
Currently on TB treatment
 No 96 (11.2%) 772 (88.9%) 1 1
 Yes 6 (42.9%) 8 (57.1%) 7.0 (2.3-20.9) <0.01 6.4 (2.2-18.8) <0.01
Have refrigerator in the
household
 Yes 85 (11.2%) 675 (88.8%)
 No 17 (14%) 104 (86%) 1.1 (0.6-2.1) 0.71
Time on ART
 12-23 months 22 (14.3%) 132 (85.7%) 1
 24-36 months 24 (13.3%) 157 (86.7%) 1.0 (0.5-1.8) 0.93
 ≥ 37 months 56 (10.2%) 491 (89.8%) 0.8 (0.4-1.4) 0.46

PI based regimen

Gender
 Men 10 (58.8%) 7 (41.2%) 1
 Women 27 (27.5%) 71 (72.5%) 0.5 (0.2-1.6) 0.24
Missed any pills during last
week-end
 No 34 (92%) 74 (94.9%) 1
 Yes 3 (8.1%) 4 (5.1%) 2.8 (0.4-19.6) 0.29
On a child support grant
 No 30 (39.5%) 46 (60.5%) 1
 Yes 7 (18.4%) 31 (81.6%) 0.5 (0.2-1.5) 0.23
On a disability grant
 No 30 (39.5%) 46 (60.5%) 1
 Yes 7 (18.4%) 31 (81.6%) 0.9 (0.4-2.3) 0.89
Type of clinic
 NGO 12 (17.4%) 57 (82.6%) 1 1
 Public 25 (54.3%) 21 (45.7%) 5.8 (2.1-16.1) <0.01 4.6 (1.8-11.3) <0.01
Currently on TB treatment
 No 33 (29.7%) 78 (70.3%) 1
 Yes 4 (100%) 0 NA 0.01
Have refrigerator at the
household
 Yes 30 (28.3%) 76 (71.7%) 1
 No 7 (77.8%) 2 (22.2%) 4.2 (0.7-26.8) 0.10 6.7 (1.2-37.5) 0.03
Time on ART
 12-23 months 0 0
 24-36 months 11 (42.3%) 15 (57.7%) 1
 ≥ 37 months 26 (29.2%) 63 (70.8%) 0.7 (0.3-2.1) 0.56
*

Adjusted for gender, education, clinic type, age and adherence during the week-end prior to the study interview