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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2014 Feb 3;13(3):232–241. doi: 10.1177/2325957413514631

Table 2.

Logistic Regression Analyses of Factors Associated with Retention in Care During the First Year of Observation among ART-Naive Patients in the HOPS, 2000 to 2011.a,b

Univariate Analysis
Multivariable Model A
Multivariable Model B
Characteristic at Baseline OR (95% CI) P Value aOR (95% CI) P Value aOR (95% CI) P Value
Age, years
 ≤29 1.0 (0.7–1.6) .87 1.1 (0.7–1.7) .83 1.0 (0.6–1.5) .86
 30–39 0.8 (0.5–1.1) .16 0.8 (0.5–1.2) .22 0.7 (0.5–1.1) .13
 40–49 Referent Referent Referent
 ≥50 1.3 (0.7–2.1) .39 1.3 (0.8–2.4) .30 1.3 (0.7–2.2) .42
Sex
 Male Referent
 Female 1.0 (0.7–1.4) .97
Race/ethnicity
 White, non-Hispanic Referent Referent Referent
 Nonwhite 0.6 (0.4–0.8) <.001 0.8 (0.5–1.2) .33 0.7 (0.5–1.0) .049
HIV risk
 Heterosexual 0.7 (0.5–1.0) .05 1.0 (0.7–1.6) .98 1.1 (0.7–1.6) .81
 IDU 0.4 (0.2–0.6) <.001 0.6 (0.3–1.1) .09 0.5 (0.3–0.9) .029
 MSM Referent Referent Referent
 Other/unknown 0.9 (0.5–1.7) .78 1.1 (0.5–2.1) .87 1.1 (0.6–2.2) .76
Insurance payer
 Private Referent Referent Referent
 Public 0.5 (0.4–0.8) <.001 0.6 (0.4–1.0) .031 0.7 (0.5–1.0) .05
 Ryan White 0.8 (0.3–1.9) .55 0.7 (0.3–2.0) .56 0.7 (0.3–1.9) .52
 Self-pay/none 1.2 (0.6–2.4) .56 1.3 (0.6–2.7) .50 1.3 (0.6–2.6) .53
 Other 0.7 (0.4–1.3) .22 0.8 (0.4–1.7) .61 0.8 (0.4–1.6) .59
Index year
 2000–2003 Referent Referent Referent
 2004–2008 1.7 (1.2–2.3) .001 1.2 (0.9–1.8) .25 1.4 (1.0–1.9) .09
 2009–2011 1.3 (0.8–2.0) .27 1.0 (0.6–1.7) .85 1.1 (0.7–1.8) .64
Baseline CD4 count, cells/mm3
 <200 1.3 (0.9–1.9) .15 0.5 (0.3–0.9) .012 1.5 (1.0–2.2) .06
 200–350 1.2 (0.8–1.9) .42 0.6 (0.4–1.0) .06 1.3 (0.8–2.0) .29
 >350 Referent Referent Referent
 None 0.3 (0.2–0.4) <.001 0.3 (0.2–0.6) <.001 0.4 (0.2–0.6) <.001
Baseline viral load, copies/mL
 <1000 Referent
 1000–29 999 1.0 (0.6–1.6) .90
 30 000–100 000 1.4 (0.8–2.5) .27
 >100 000 1.4 (0.8–2.4) .28
 None 0.3 (0.2–0.5) .001
Started ART in index year
 No Referent Referent
 Yes 5.6 (4.0–7.7) <.001 6.4 (4.4–9.4) <.001

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; aOR, adjusted odds ratio; ART, antiretroviral therapy; IDU, injection drug user; MSM, men having sex with men; HOPS, HIV Outpatient Study.

a

N = 1441.

b

Multivariable model A included ART initiation, whereas model B did not. Retained in care was defined as having ≥1 visit with a provider 90 to 365 days after the first HOPS visit.