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. 2013 Sep 24;8(9):e75608. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075608

Table 2. Predictors of risk of virological failure following cART initiation for 1075 patients.

UnivariableCoxmodels
MultivariableCoxmodel
Hazard Ratio 95% CI
P-value * Hazard Ratio 95% CI
P-value *
Duration at cART initiation (months since date of HIV seroconversion)
≤3 1 0.933 1 0.592
 4-12 0.89 (0.43, 1.82) 0.76 (0.36, 1.58)
≥12 0.86 (0.53, 1.73) 0.72 (0.38, 1.36)
CD4 count at cART initiation (ln cells/mm3 increase) 0.84 (0.68, 1.02) 0.087 0.82 (0.69, 0.98) 0.033
Age at cART initiation (years)
<36 1 1 0.08
≥36 0.64 (0.47, 0.87) 0.005 0.75 (0.55, 1.03)
Calendar year of cART initiation
<2000 1 1 <0.001
≥2000 0.29 (0.21, 0.39) <0.001 0.32 (0.22, 0.47)
Identification during acute infection 0.71 (0.52, 0.97) 0.030 0.82 (0.59, 1.14) 0.236
Female 0.49 (0.22, 1.20) 0.120
Risk group
Sex between men 1 0.183
Injecting Drug users 0.59 (0.19, 1.86)
  • Sex between a woman


  • and a man

0.58 (0.29, 1.19)
Class of initial cART
NNRTI 1 <0.001 1 0.639
Unboosted PI 2.68 (1.87, 3.84) 1.18 (0.77, 1.79)
Boosted PI 1.02 (0.62, 1.68) 1.43 (0.76, 2.69)
Other 1.48 (0.79, 2.78) 1.16 (0.70, 1.94)
*

P-values for Wald test for continuous and binary variables and Wald test for heterogeneity for categorical variables