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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2012 May;33(4):298–308. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e31824bef47

Table 2.

Adjusted and Unadjusted Odds Ratios of Selected Participant, Caregiver, Disease, and Regimen Characteristics by Adherence Measure

Patient Characteristics Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% Limits) Unadjusted p Adjusted Odds Ratioa (95% Limits) Adjusted p
Pill count-based nonadherence
Age in years at adherence visit: 12-<19 y 2.78 (1.19, 6.50) .019 18.88 (3.62, 98.40) <.001
Degree of youth medication responsibility (caregiver-reported) 1.25 (0.67, 2.33) .476 2.75 (1.06, 7.17) .038
On HAART at adherence visit 0.12 (0.01, 0.97) .047 0.02 (0.001, 0.55) .020
Number of pills per day 0.98 (0.96, 1.01) .187 0.91 (0.85, 0.99) .020
Regimen with drug not in pill form 1.64 (0.60, 4.49) .340 152.41 (7.72, 3009.84) .001
Race/ethnicity .006 <.001
White/other 1.00 (ref)
Black non-Hispanic 4.08 (1.25, 13.28) .020 65.55 (4.78, 898.24) .002
Hispanic 1.08 (0.29, 3.99) .908 4.11 (0.30, 55.89) .288
Participated in sports 0.35 (0.15, 0.86) .022 0.20 (0.05, 0.84) .028
Youth-reported nonadherence
Age in years at adherence visit: 12-<19 y 1.07 (0.47, 2.41) .872 0.64 (0.25, 1.67) .364
Degree of youth medication responsibility (caregiver-reported) 2.08 (1.06,4.08) .033 2.28 (1.08, 4.78) .030
CD4 percent 0.96 (0.92, 1.00) .035 0.94 (0.90, 0.99) .018
Primary caregiver: high school grad or less 0.45 (0.20, 1.03) .058 0.39 (0.15, 0.97) .042
Caregiver-reported nonadherence
Age in years at adherence visit: 12-<19 y 0.76 (0.33, 1.73) .505 0.64 (0.26, 1.58) .331
Degree of youth medication responsibility (caregiver reported) 1.22 (0.65, 2.27) .537 1.36 (0.70, 2.64) .368

HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy.</.>