. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 18.

Published in final edited form as: Altern Ther Health Med. 2012 Jan-Feb;18(1):18–22.

Table 2.

Association Between Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence and Garlic Use

Outcome Variable	Exposure Variable	Univariate			Multivariate^a

		OR	95% CI	P-value	OR	95% CI	P-value

Adherence ≥95% or not	Garlic use or not	0.95	[0.57,1.58]	0.85	0.84	[0.48,1.47]	.54

	Garlic use frequency
	Use every day	1.35	[0.72,2.54]	0.34	1.20	[0.62,2.32]	.59
	Use as needed	0.54	[0.26,1.10]	0.09	0.49	[0.22,1.09]	.08
	No use (ref )	1.00	[1.00,1.00]		1.00	[1.00,1.00]

	Reasons for garlic use
	To boost immune system	0.69	[0.29,1.65]	0.41	0.63	[0.22,1.76]	.38
	For general health	1.02	[0.53,1.94]	0.96	0.87	[0.44,1.72]	.68
	Other reasons	1.25	[0.48,3.28]	0.65	1.13	[0.44,2.90]	.80
	No use (ref )	1.00	[1.00,1.00]		1.00	[1.00,1.00]

Adjusting for age, education, race, income, drug use, and depression.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.