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. 2014 Mar 18;10:129–137. doi: 10.2147/VHRM.S58449

Table 3.

Binary logistic regression model for obesity including confounders

Variable B SE Wald df P-value Odds ratios
95% CI of OR
EXP(B) Lower Upper
Obese or nonobese (dependent variable) versus HIV status
 Sex 0.411 0.580 0.502 1 0.478 1.509 0.484 4.705
 CD4 cell count (cells/mm3) −0.002 0.001 5.296 1 0.021 0.998 0.996 1.000
 Educational attainment −0.211 0.389 0.294 1 0.588 0.810 0.378 1.736
 Hypertensive 1.511 0.560 7.287 1 0.007 4.531 1.513 13.571
 HIV status −1.270 0.585 4.709 1 0.030 0.281 0.089 0.884
 Constant1 1.577 2.091 0.569 1 0.451 4.839
Obese or nonobese (dependent variable) versus ART status
 Sex 0.987 1.165 0.718 1 0.397 2.684 0.273 26.346
 CD4 cell count (cells/mm3) −0.002 0.001 2.746 1 0.098 0.998 0.995 1.000
 Educational attainment −0.586 0.552 1.127 1 0.288 0.557 0.189 1.642
 Hypertensive 1.862 0.875 4.525 1 0.033 6.434 1.158 35.767
 ART status 0.490 0.918 0.285 1 0.593 1.633 0.270 9.873
 Constant1 2.125 2.582 0.677 1 0.411 8.371
Obese or nonobese (dependent variable) versus duration on ART
 Sex 0.182 1.230 0.022 1 0.882 1.200 0.108 13.382
 CD4 cell count (cells/mm3) −0.003 0.002 2.629 1 0.105 0.997 0.994 1.001
 Educational attainment −0.226 0.620 0.132 1 0.716 0.798 0.237 2.692
 Hypertensive 2.081 1.091 3.636 1 0.057 8.012 0.944 68.013
 Duration on ART 0.015 0.018 0.697 1 0.404 1.015 0.980 1.052
 Constant1 0.360 2.877 0.016 1 0.901 1.433

Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral treatment; B, regression coefficient; BMI, body mass index; CD, cluster of differentiation; CI, confidence interval; Constant1, baseline odds estimated for hypertension when independent variables are absent; df, degree of freedom; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; OR, odds ratio; SE, standard error of the estimate.