. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 28.

Published in final edited form as: J Paediatr Child Health. 2014 Aug 20;51(2):204–208. doi: 10.1111/jpc.12712

Table 2.

Correlates of mortality among children with ART initiation

Univariate
Characteristic	HR	95% CI	P	Number available for analysis
Age at ART initiation	1.03	0.93–1.14	0.553	278
Sex, female	1.46	0.72–2.96	0.297	278
CD4%	0.93	0.88–1.0	0.037	157
CD4	0.999	0.998–1.000	0.072	225
HIV RNA, log₁₀	0.82	0.50–1.53	0.427	162
WHO stages
Stage 2	1.24	0.37–4.12	0.723	39 out of 278
Stage 3	1.68	0.70–4.07	0.246	90 out of 278
Stage 4	1.47	0.53–4.07	0.455	58 out of 278
Weight for age z score	0.77	0.66–0.90	<0.001	243
Height for age z score	0.80	0.66–0.96	0.015	241
Anaemia	4.04	1.68–9.79	0.002	192

Bold text indicates significant value. ART, anti-retroviral therapy; CI, confidence interval; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; WHO, World Health Organization.