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. 2010 Jul 13;10:416. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-416

Table 3.

Multinomial regression for association analysis of late presentation with patient factors

Patient Factor Late Presenters Very Late Presenters

OR (95% CI) p value OR (95% CI) p value
Sex

Male Reference

Female 0.49 (0.41-0.54) < 0.001 0.21 (0.15-0.30) < 0.001

Age Group

0-14 years 0.33 (0.23-0.5) < 0.001 0.23 (0.1-0.56) 0.0005

15-24 years 0.40 (0.30-0.50) < 0.001 0.27 (0.15-0.5) < 0.001

25-34 years Reference

35-44 years 1.47 (1.26-1.73) < 0.001 2.34 (1.7-3.2) < 0.001

45 years & above 1.26 (1.02-1.56) 0.034 1.9 (1.2-3.04) 0.006

Transmission route

Heterosexual Reference

HIV+ spouse 0.32 (0.27-0.40) < 0.001 0.10 (0.05-0.16) < 0.001

Parent to child 0.21 (0.13-0.34) < 0.001 0.10 (0.03-0.35) < 0.001

Transfusion recipient 1.8 (1.4-2.3) < 0.001 0.92 (0.6-1.4) 0.72

IVDU 0.49 (0.24-0.95) 0.03 0.26 (0.05-1.2) 0.06

Unsterile syringe use, Occupational exposure 2.16 (1.03-4.5) 0.04 2.3 (0.42-12.8) 0.32

MSM 3.4 (0.35-32.73) 0.26 3.5 (0.14-85.7) 0.28

Unknown, undisclosed 1.3 (1.1-1.54) 0.003 1.08 (0.77-1.5) 0.6