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. 2012 May 9;55(3):449–460. doi: 10.1093/cid/cis461

Table 5.

Factors Associated With Progression to Death, World Health Organization Stage 4 Disease, or at Least 1 CD4+ Count of <200 cells/mm3 Within 18 Months of Cessation of Antiretroviral Prophylaxis

n/N (%) OR (95% CI) P Value Adjusted ORa (95% CI) P Valuea
Study site .58
 Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso 27/236 (11.4) 2.07 (.62–6.89)
 Kwadabeka, South-Africa 23/182 (12.6) 1.37 (.57–3.43)
 Mombasa, Kenya 22/233 (9.4) 1.11 (.45–2.83)
 Nairobi, Kenya 7/43 (16.3) 1.54 (.62–3.92)
 Somkhele, South-Africa 8/93 (8.6) 1.00
Treatment arm .17
 Triple ARV 36/382 (9.4) 1.00
 ZDV/sdNVP 51/405 (12.6) 1.38 (.86–2.23)
Age, years .05 .08
 <25 18/252 (7.1) 1.00 1.00
 25–34 58/459 (12.6) 1.88 (1.05–3.40) 1.85 (1.04–3.29)
 ≥35 11/76 (14.5) 2.20 (.92–5.21) 2.03 (.87–4.73)
Education .58
 Never attended school 16/116 (13.8) 1.32 (.68–2.54)
 Completed primary school 28/272 (10.3) 0.95 (.56–1.62)
 At least some secondary school education 43/399 (10.8) 1.00
Occupation .40
 Unemployed 58/550 (10.5) 1.14 (.52–2.56)
 Self-employed 20/141 (14.2) 1.60 (.65–4.00)
 Salaried job 9/96 (9.4) 1.00
Marital status .12
 Married, monogamous 35/333 (10.5) 1.00
 Married, polygamous 13/91 (14.3) 1.42 (.68–2.94)
 Not married, regular partner 32/332 (9.6) 0.91 (.53–1.55)
 Single 7/31 (22.6) 2.48 (.90–6.63)
Gravidity .02
 Multigravida 80/651 (12.3) 2.58 (1.12–6.26)
 Primigravida 7/136 (5.1) 1.00
Socioeconomic score
 1st quintile 19/151 (12.6) 1.17 (.55–2.48) .88
 2nd quintile 19/155 (12.3) 1.13 (.54–2.40)
 3rd quintile  15/161 (9.3) 0.83 (.38–1.84)
 4th quintile 17/165 (10.3) 0.93 (.43–2.01)
 5th quintile 17/155 (11.0) 1.00
Breastfeeding (BF) .01
 Never BF 31/188 (16.5) 1.91 (1.16–3.15)
 Ever BF 56/599 (9.3) 1.00
BMI at delivery, kg/mm2 .28
 <22 27/190 (14.2) 1.53 (.79–3.00)
 22–27 41/402 (10.2) 1.05 (.57–1.94)
 >27 19/195 (9.7) 1.00
CD4+ count at enrollment, cells/mm3 <.001 <.001
 <350 79/438 (18.0) 9.38 (4.30–21.29) 8.23 (3.89–17.43)
 ≥350 8/349 (2.3) 1.00 1.00
VL at enrollment, log10 copies/mL <.001 .004
 <3.5 8/162 (4.9) 1.00 1.00
 3.5–3.9 10/146 (6.8) 1.42 (.50–4.07) 1.31 (.49–3.52)
 4.0–4.4 21/191 (11.0) 2.38 (.97–6.03) 2.19 (.92–5.25)
 4.5–4.9 20/158 (12.7) 2.79 (1.12–7.15) 2.27 (.94–5.48)
 ≥5 28/126 (22.2) 5.50 (2.28–13.71) 4.32 (1.83–10.21)
 Missing 0/4 (0)
Duration of ARV use, weeks
From enrollment until delivery .13
 ≤4 31/213 (14.6) 1.00
 4–8 38/365 (10.4) 0.68 (.40–1.17)
 >8 18/209 (8.6) 0.55 (0.29–1.06)
After delivery .08 .03
 <6 64/501 (12.8) 1.00 1.00
 6–24 13/131 (9.9) 0.75 (.38–1.46) 0.88 (.45–1.72)
 ≥25 10/155 (6.5) 0.47 (.22–.98) (0.20–.82)

Abbreviations: ARV, antiretroviral; AZT/sdNVP, zidovudine until delivery with single-dose nevirapine without postpartum prophylaxis; BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; Triple ARV, zidovudine, lamivudine, and lopinavir/ritonavir during pregnancy and breastfeeding; VL, viral load.

a Only for variables included in the model.