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. 2016 Mar 22;16:134. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1462-x

Table 4.

Adjusted Cox hazards regression models (including last CD4 and last viral load as independent variables) for patients who used antiretroviral therapy (N = 1878 individuals)

Tuberculosis Esophageal candidiasis Cerebral Toxoplamosis PCP
(N = 30) (N = 10) (N = 12) (N = 8)
HR (CI) HR (CI) HR (CI) HR (CI)
Gender-Risk
 Women Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Heterosexual men 0.82 (0.37–1.82) 0.16 (0.02–1.39) 1.10 (0.27–4.43) 0.90 (0.17–4.73)
 MSM 0.49 (0.16–1.48) 0.37 (0.06–2.24) 0.34 (0.04–2.71) 0.57 (0.08–4.09)
Age (per year) 1.02 (0.98–1.06) 0.94 (0.86–1.02) 0.90 (0.82–0.99) 1.07 (1.00–1.14)
Race/ethnicity
 White Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Non-white 0.90 (0.41–2.00) 1.84 (0.35–9.51) 0.53 (0.14–1.92) 1.05 (0.21–5.19)
Educational level
 0–8 years 1.89 (0.70–5.12) 1.05 (0.22–5.12) 1.46 (0.34–6.33) 0.44 (0.08–2.41)
 9+ years Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Nadir CD4+ T lymphocyte (per 100 cells/mm3) 0.88 (0.62–1.24) 0.95 (0.50–1.79) 1.17 (0.85–1.61) 1.15 (0.73–1.83)
Last CD4+ Tlymphocyteª (per/100 cells/mm3) 0.95 (0.80–1.13) 0.87 (0.61–1.23) 0.70 (0.49–0.99) 1.09 (0.90–1.33)
Last HIV viral loadb
 <400 copies/mm3 Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 >400 copies/mm3 0.35 (0.08–1.56) 4.45 (0.98–20.19) 3.04 (0.73–12.58) 2.57 (0.42–15.88)
Opportunistic illness at enrollment 23.01 (9.44–56.09) 15.52 (3.38–71.30) 31.96 (8.31–123.88) 21.83 (2.85–167.29)
Time under cART (per year) 0.79 (0.63–0.99) 0.71 (0.40–1.28) 0.70 (0.44–1.12) 0.60 (0.33–1.08)

cART combination antiretroviral therapy, PCP Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia, HR hazard ratio, CI 95 % confidence interval, MSM men who have sex with men

ªData imputed for 333 individuals with missing last CD4

bData imputed for 368 individuals with missing last HIV viral load

Bold font implies statistically significant results assuming a 5 % significance threshold