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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Oct;34(10):1093–1095. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000816

Table 1.

Summary of descriptive, univariable and multivariable-adjusted risk factors for measles of N=566 HIV-infected children and adolescents with and without measles in Botswana, 2008-2011.

Univariable Multivariable
Characteristic (total n with data) Control subjects (N=377)a Case subjects (N=189)a OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P
Male (n=566) 209 (55.4) 91 (48.2) 0.74 (0.52, 1.06) 0.10 0.87 (0.58, 1.31) 0.50

Age, in quartiles (n=566) <0.0001 <0.0001
 Q1: < 7.1 years 97 (25.7) 21 (11.1) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Q2: ≥7.1 to <10.3 years 89 (23.6) 32 (16.9) 1.68 (0.89, 3.18) 2.05 (1.02, 4.11)
 Q3: ≥10.3 to <13.1 years 94 (24.9) 54 (28.6) 2.50 (1.43, 4.39) 3.18 (1.69, 5.97)
 Q4: ≥13.1 years 97 (25.7) 82 (43.4) 3.77 (2.15, 6.60) 4.34 (2.21, 8.53)

Moderate or severe malnutritionb (n=563) 54 (14.4) 43 (22.9) 1.62 (1.06, 2.47) 0.03 1.03 (0.63, 1.68) 0.91

Receipt of PCPc prophylaxis (n=433) 69 (24.4) 37 (24.7) 0.98 (0.60, 1.59) 0.93

Antiretroviral therapy regimen (n=566) 0.67
 1st line 290 (76.9) 142 (75.1) 1 (reference)
 2nd,3rd, or 4th line 10 (2.7) 8 (4.2) 1.69 (0.59, 4.84)
 Suspended 69 (18.3) 33 (17.5) 0.98 (0.62, 1.54)
 Not yet on treatment 8 (2.1) 6 (3.2) 1.49 (0.52, 4.32)

WHO HIV stage (n=559) 0.51
 1st 144 (38.8) 72 (38.3) 1 (reference)
 2nd 19 (5.1) 16 (8.5) 1.53 (0.74, 3.17)
 3rd 91 (24.5) 48 (25.5) 1.05 (0.65, 1.68)
 4th 117 (31.5) 52 (27.7) 0.86 (0.53, 1.39)

Detectable HIV viral loadd (n=524) 39 (11.2) 21 (11.9) 0.96 (0.53, 1.73) 0.87

Degree of immune suppressione (n=541) 0.06 0.27
 Not significant 297 (82.0) 137 (76.5) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Mild 36 (9.9) 14 (7.8) 0.81 (0.42, 1.58) 0.73 (0.35, 1.51)
 Advanced 12 (3.3) 16 (8.9) 2.78 (1.23, 6.26) 1.74 (0.73, 4.17)
 Severe 17 (4.7) 22 (6.7) 1.47 (0.69, 3.13) 1.63 (0.73, 3.66)

IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation

a

Data are n (%) unless otherwise noted.

b

Moderate malnutrition defined as weight for height (<5 years of age) or BMI (≥ 5 years of age) less than two but greater than three negative standard deviations below median World Health Organization (WHO) standards; severe malnutrition defined as less than three negative standard deviations below WHO median.

c

Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) prophylaxis (trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole)

d

Detectable HIV viral load defined as >400 copies/mL.

e

Not significant immunosuppression defined as CD4% ≥ 35% for age 0-12 months, CD4% ≥ 25% for age 13-59 months and CD4>500 for age ≥ 5 years; mild immunosuppression defined as 35% > CD4% ≥ 25% for age 0-12 months, 25% > CD4% ≥ 20% for age 13-59 months years and 500 > CD4 ≥ 350 for age ≥ 5 years; advanced immunosuppression defined as 25% > CD4% ≥ 20% for age 0-12 months, 20% > CD4% ≥ 15% for age 13-59 months and 350 > CD4 ≥ 200 for age ≥ 5 years and severe immunosuppression defined as CD4% < 20% for age 0-12 months, CD4% < 15% for age 13-59 months and CD4 < 200 for age ≥ 5 years.