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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

Repeated Measures Analysis of the Relationship between Food Insufficiency and Less Than 100% Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy (63 cases, 113 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) 2.0 [1.3, 3.1] 3.19 0.001 2.1 [1.4, 3.3] 3.34 0.0008
Female gender 1.6 [0.93, 2.8] 1.7 0.09
Age (years) 0.99 [0.96, 1.02] -0.84 0.40
CD4 count at antiretroviral therapy start (per 20 cells/μL increase) 1.03 [0.99, 1.09] 1.35 0.18
Active tuberculosis 0.69 [0.41, 1.1] -1.44 0.15
Body Mass Index (BMI) <18 (kg/m2) 0.84 [0.43, 1.6] -0.51 0.61
Has spouse or partner 1.3 [0.75, 2.1] 0.87 0.39
Low education level (primary school or illiterate) 0.96 [0.42, 2.2] -0.08 0.93
Unemployed 0.93 [0.52, 1.7] -0.25 0.80
Lacks basic services (water, electricity and/or plumbing) 1.3 [0.76, 2.0] 0.88 0.38
Passed a day without eating due to poverty 2.0 [1.1, 3.3] 2.45 0.01
Physician-diagnosed drug abuse/dependence 0.84 [0.29, 2.4] -0.32 0.75
Physician-diagnosed alcohol abuse/dependence 1.2 [0.65, 2.0] 0.48 0.63
Depression 1.4 [0.83, 2.4] 1.27 0.20
Good adherence self-efficacy 0.50 [0.28, 0.89] -2.34 0.02 0.49 [0.28, 0.87] -2.45 0.01
Social support score (per 5 point increase) 0.93 [0.88, 0.98] -2.73 0.006 0.93 [0.88, 0.98] -2.60 0.009
Quality of life score (per 5 point increase) 0.95 [0.85, 1.07] -0.84 0.40
Perceived HIV stigma score (per 5 point increase) 1.03 [0.96, 1.10] 0.72 0.47
a

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

b

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