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. 2012 Dec 13;7(12):e51254. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051254

Table 5. Cox Proportional Hazard Models between Attrition and Predictor Variables: 0–12 and 13–24 months on ART.

Variable 0–12 months 13–24 months
Univariate Multivariate Univariate Multivariate
HR (95% C.I) P-value HR (95% C.I) P-value HR (95% C.I) P-value HR (95% C.I) P-value
Age (years)
<15 1 1 1 1
≥15 0.84(0.64–1.12) 0.235 0.85(0.63–1.16) 0.307 0.82 (0.61–1.11) 0.197 0.91 (0.66–1.27) 0.597
Gender
Female 1 1 1 1
Male 1.12 (0.98–1.29) 0.098 1.12(0.97–1.29) 0.122 1.20 (1.03–1.40) 0.017 1.18(1.01–1.37) 0.038
Type of health facility
Secondary 1 1 1 1
Tertiary 0.59 (0.51–0.68) <0.001 0.61 (0.51–0.73) <0.001 1.93 (1.66–2.25) <0.001 2.21 (1.83–2.67) <0.001
WHO clinical stage
Stage I 1 1 1 1
Stage II 0.87 (0.68–1.11) 0.260 1.02 (0.79–1.32) 0.889 1.50 (1.20–1.87) <0.001 1.32(1.05–1.66) 0.016
Stage III 1.29 (1.01–1.64) 0.039 1.20(0.93–1.53) 0.159 1.13 (0.90–1.43) 0.285 1.30(1.03–1.66) 0.030
Stage IV 1.65 (1.14–2.39) 0.008 1.53(1.05–2.23) 0.028 1.77 (1.12–2.81) 0.015 1.90(1.20–3.02) 0.007
CD4 count
<200 1 1 1 1
200–350 0.90 (0.76–1.07) 0.235 0.96(0.81–1.15) 0.672 0.95 (0.79–1.13) 0.539 1.01(0.84–1.20) 0.930
>350 0.98 (0.76–1.26) 0.871 1.13(1.03–1.37) 0.384 1.20 (0.94–1.52) 0.148 1.27(0.98–1.65) 0.070
Type of Regimen
AZT based 1 1 1 1
d4T based 1.10 (0.96–1.27) 0.161 1.19(1.03–1.37) 0.019 1.04 (0.89–1.21) 0.630 0.76 (0.63–0.91) 0.002
TDF based 4.72 (2.10–10.64) <0.001 7.15(2.61–19.57) <0.001 0.33 (0.10–1.01) 0.053 0.30(0.10–0.93) 0.038