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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2014 Oct 3;27(1):93–104. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2014.963013

Table 2. Correlates Associated with Optimal (≥90%) and Perfect (=100%) Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among HIV-infected Peruvian Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgendered Women (N=302).

Optimal (≥90%) Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Perfect (=100%) Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence
Covariates Bivariate Associations Multivariate Associations Bivariate Associations Multivariate Associations
OR (95% CI) p-value AOR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value AOR (95% CI) p-value
Alcohol Use Disorder 0.357 (0.169 – 0.752) 0.005 * 0.427 (0.187 – 0.976) 0.044 * 0.438 (0.266 – 0.720) 0.001 * 0.552 (0.327 – 0.930) 0.026 *
Neurocognitive Impairment (global score) 0.965 (0.933 – 0.999) 0.041 * 0.975 (0.933 – 1.019) 0.266 0.959 (0.936 – 0.983) 0.001 * 0.978 (0.951 – 1.007) 0.132
Age 1.035 (0.989 – 1.083) 0.138 1.026 (0.978 – 1.075) 0.293 1.034 (1.003 –1.066) 0.032 * 1.029 (0.997 – 1.062) 0.078
Earned minimal wage or greater 1.868 (0.913 – 3.823) 0.084 1.295 (0.573 – 2.926) 0.534 0.922 (0.563 – 1.512) 0.749
Living Alone 0.406 (0.119 – 1.386) 0.138 0.355 (0.077 – 1.627) 0.182 0.846 (0.444 –1.612) 0.611
0.317 (0.103 – 0.971) 0.035 * 0.369 (0.109 – 1.252) 0.110 1.1 (0.404 – 2.994) 0.852
Full-time Employment (stable) 0.948 (0.461 – 1.950) 0.884 0.761 (0.465 – 1.245) 0.276
Depression 0.513 (0.250 – 1.053) 0.066 1.101 (0.437 – 2.774) 0.838 0.455 (0.276 – 0.748) 0.002 * 0.632 (0.352 – 1.138) 0.126
Any Drug Use in Previous 12 Months 0.950 (0.310 – 2.194) 0.928 1.164 (0.532 – 2.545) 0.703
Domestic Violence in Past 12 Months 2.752 (0.355 – 21.36) 0.313 0.794 (0.305 – 2.074) 0.637
Wright HIV Stigma Scale 0.992 (0.938 – 1.050) 0.789 0.974 (0.937 – 1.013) 0.184 0.978 (0.939 – 1.019) 0.286
Food Insecurity
 Any 1.210 (0.590 – 2.482) 0.603 0.996 (0.611 – 1.622) 0.986
 Hunger 1.916 (0.643 – 5.706) 0.236 1.346 (0.713 – 2.538) 0.358
Health Literacy 0.610 (0.066 – 5.620) 0.659 3.291 (0.363 – 29.849) 0.263
Social Support 0.992 (0.979 – 1.005) 0.206 0.994 (0.986 – 1.003) 0.220
Barriers to Medical Care 0.977 (0.819 – 1.165) 0.795 1.001 (0.887 – 1.130) 0.983
AIC = 233.3 AIC = 220.0

Legend: OR=Odds Ratio; AOR=Adjusted Odds Ratio; AIC=Akaike Information Criterion