Table III.

Univariate and multivariate model of HHV-8 shedding rate for persons completing both study arms.

	Univariate				Multivariate
	IRR	95% CI		P-value	IRR	95% CI		P-value
Age	0.95	0.88	1.03	0.22
Ethnicity
Black*	1.23	0.19	8.21	0.83
Peruvian*	2.35	0.45	12.39	0.31
Other*	2.39	0.15	38.90	0.54
Days when genital HSV detected compared to days when no genital HSV detected	0.97	0.79	1.19	0.75
CD4 count, for every 100 increase	0.92	0.69	1.22	0.54
HIV log10 copies/ml, for each log increase	1.78	1.17	2.71	0.01	1.10	0.59	2.04	0.77
HAART vs. no HAART	0.11	0.03	0.42	0.001	0.13	0.02	0.99	0.05
Valaciclovir vs. placebo	0.82	0.71	0.95	0.01	0.82	0.71	0.96	0.01
Famciclovir vs placebo	0.70	0.58	0.84	<0.001	0.70	0.58	0.84	<0.001

^*Compared to white race