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. 2012 Mar 28;12:72. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-72

Table 3.

Risk-factors for missed presentation by univariate and multivariate logistic regression

Univariate Regression Multivariate Regression

OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
Time period (later) 0.41 (0.19 to 0.89) 0.024 0.28 (0.11 to 0.72) 0.008
Age, per 10 years 1.79 (1.20 to 2.55) 0.004 1.69 (1.09 to 2.64) 0.007
Transmission risk:
 Country of origin high prevalence 0.35 (0.14 to 0.90) 0.029 0.39 (0.12 to 1.21) 0.103
 MSM 0.45 (0.17 to 1.15) 0.097 0.30 (0.10 to 0.88) 0.028
 IVDU 3.91 (0.92 to 16.5) 0.064 4.32 (0.82 to 23.0) 0.086
 Partner HIV+ 0.13 (0.02 to 1.01) 0.051 0.09 (0.01 to 0.81) 0.032
Any Service indicator 0.54 (0.25 to 1.03) 0.100 -
Number of clinical indicators 0.86 (0.62 to 1.20) 0.376 0.60 (0.37 to 0.97) 0.032
Number of non-clinical indicators 0.49 (0.32 to 0.75) 0.001 -*
Number of all indicators 0.63 (0.46 to 0.87) 0.006 -*

* Excluded as co-linearity with individual non-clinical or clinical indicators Inclusion did not improve model fit.