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. 2011 Nov 7;8:42. doi: 10.1186/1742-6405-8-42

Table 2.

Comparisons of clinical parameters to determine risk factors of virological failure among 788 HIV-infected patients

Variables Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis

Odds Ratio (95% CI) P-value Odds Ratio (95%CI) P-value
Male vs. female 0.95 (0.65-1.69) 0.847 - -
Age < 40 vs. ≥ 40 years 2.06 (1.23-3.46) 0.006 2.28 (1.22-4.25) 0.040
Heterosexual vs. non-heterosexual transmission 0.49 (0.20-1.23) 0.125
Urban vs. rural area 1.18 (0.66-2.10) 0.581 - -
No health insurance vs. had health insurance 0.77 (0.23-2.57) 0.671
OIs before cART vs. no OIs before cART 0.84 (0.53-1.36) 0.488 - -
Baseline CD4 cell count < 100 vs. ≥ 100 cells/mm3 1.56 (0.91-2.69) 0.106 - -
Positive HCV antibody vs. negative HCV antibody 0.93 (0.35-2.44) 0.887 - -
Positive HBs Ag vs. negative HBs antigen 1.25 (0.54-2.89) 0.603 - -
Adherence < 95% vs. ≥ 95% 87.24 (32.29-235.72) < 0.0001 86.49 (31.19-239.80) < 0.001

Abbreviations: OI, opportunistic infection; cART, combination antiretroviral therapy; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HBs Ag, hepatitis B surface antigen