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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2011 Oct;15(7):1483–1489. doi: 10.1007/s10461-010-9789-6

Table 2.

Repeated Measures Analysis of the Relationship between Food Insufficiency and Less Than 95% Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy (36 cases, 47 outcomes, 1,264 interview months)

Variable Univariable Multivariablea,b
O.R. [95% CI] Z-statistic p-value O.R. [95% CI] Z-statistic p-value
Household food insufficiency (time-varying, any versus none) 2.2 [1.3, 3.8] 2.97 0.003 2.4 [1.4, 4.1] 3.07 0.002
Female gender 2.4 [1.1, 5.1] 2.24 0.03
Age (years) 0.97 [0.92, 1.03] -0.91 0.36
CD4 count at antiretroviral therapy start (per 20 cells/μL increase) 1.02 [0.97, 1.07] 0.69 0.49
Active tuberculosis 0.65 [0.33, 1.3] -1.25 0.21
Body mass index (BMI) <18 (kg/m2) 0.54 [0.19, 1.4] -1.24 0.21
Has spouse or partner 1.1 [0.57, 2.2] 0.36 0.72
Low education level (primary school or illiterate) 0.69 [0.24, 1.9] -0.71 0.48
Unemployed 1.0 [0.48, 2.0] -0.03 0.98
Lacks basic services (water, electricity and/or plumbing) 1.2 [0.60, 2.4] 0.52 0.61
Passed a day without eating due to poverty 1.3 [0.68, 2.7] 0.85 0.39
Physician-diagnosed drug abuse/dependence 0.85 [0.18, 4.0] -0.20 0.84
Physician-diagnosed alcohol abuse/dependence 0.79 [0.37, 1.7] -0.61 0.55
Depression 1.4 [0.69, 2.9] 0.95 0.34
Good adherence self-efficacy 0.25 [0.09, 0.68] -2.72 0.007 0.25 [0.09, 0.69] -2.68 0.008
Social support score (per 5 point increase) 0.91 [0.84, 0.97] -2.64 0.008 0.91 [0.85, 0.98] -2.51 0.01
Quality of life score (per 5 point increase) 0.96 [0.83, 1.12] -0.52 0.60
Perceived HIV stigma score (per 5 point increase) 1.03 [0.94, 1.12] 0.57 0.57
a

Univariable models adjusted for day of treatment; multivariable models adjusted for day of treatment, study arm and variables shown.

b

Analysis includes 1,261 interviews for 132 individuals with data for all covariates in model.