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. 2013 Feb 19;108(5):1173–1177. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.75

Table 2. The association between HAART use and incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma of the MACS HIV-infected men in current study, stratified by current smoking status and HAART use.

 
KS incidence cases
Follow-up (person-years)b
Unadjusted model
Adjusted modela
      HR 95% CI P-value HR 95% CI P-value
Current Smoking: no
336
15 609
 
 
 
 
 
 
HAART ever use
No     Ref.     Ref.    
Yes
 
 
0.08
0.06–0.12
<0.0001*
0.28
0.16–0.49
<0.0001*
Current Smoking: yes
192
10 949
 
 
 
 
 
 
HAART ever use
No     Ref.          
Yes
 
 
0.13
0.08–0.20
<0.0001*
0.60
0.28–1.12
0.10
HAART use: no
55
13 094
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current smoking
No     Ref.     Ref.    
Yes
 
 
0.78
0.64–0.94
0.01*
0.57
0.35–0.92
0.02*
HAART use: yes
473
13 164
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current smoking
No     Ref.     Ref.    
Yes     1.20 0.71–2.05 0.50 1.09 0.52–2.92 0.82

Abbreviations: CI: confidence interval; HR=hazard ratio; Ref.=Reference category.

a

The model was adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, employment status, education, individual gross income, enrolment, and CD4 cell count.

b

The follow-up time was for both KS and non-KS incidence cases.

*: P-value<0.05.