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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2016 May;20(5):1039–1048. doi: 10.1007/s10461-015-1235-3

Table II.

Unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression models for good retention (≥75%) in early HIV care.a

Good retention: ≥75% (n=1001) Poor retention: <75% (n=250) Unadjusted OR [95CI] Wald test z value p value Adjusted ORb [95CI] Wald test z value p value
Sex (male) 717 (72) 178 (71) 1.02 [0.75, 1.38] 0.134 0.89 1.25 [0.83, 1.87] 1.070 0.29
Race (non-white) 481 (48) 115 (46) 1.09 [0.82, 1.44] 0.581 0.56 1.06 [0.77, 1.45] 0.345 0.72
Age
 <30 years 287 (29) 111 (44) Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 30–40 years 356 (36) 88 (35) 1.56 [1.14, 2.16] 2.741 0.006 1.63 [1.16, 2.32] 2.766 0.006
 40–50 years 257 (26) 35 (14) 2.84 [1.89, 4.35] 4.923 <0.0001 2.85 [1.83, 4.52] 4.547 <0.0001
 ≥50 101 (10) 16 (6) 2.44 [1.41, 4.46] 3.063 0.002 2.37 [1.29, 4.56] 2.697 0.007
Education (>8 years) 535 (53) 98 (39) 1.78 [1.34, 2.37] 4.001 <0.0001 1.97 [1.43, 2.75] 4.074 <0.0001
Transmission route
 Heterosexualc 559 (56) 131 (52) Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 MSM 400 (40) 97 (39) 0.97 [0.72, 1.30] −0.229 0.83 0.80 [0.53, 1.19] −1.112 0.26
 IDU 11 (1) 4 (2) 0.65 [0.22, 2.36] −0.742 0.46 0.76 [0.22, 3.04] −0.429 0.70
 Unknown 22 (2) 16 (6) 0.32 [0.17, 0.64] −3.306 0.001 0.22 [0.10, 0.48] −3.871 0.0001
 Other 9 (1) 2 (1) 1.29 [0.34, 8.42] 0.067 0.73 1.33 [0.30, 9.28] 0.340 0.74
Time-to-linkage ≤ 3mod 514 (51) 108 (43) 1.39 [1.05, 1.84] 2.300 0.02 1.17 [0.86, 1.59] 1.013 0.30
ART Initiation
 >24months post-linkage 277 (28) 100 (40) Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 3–24months post-linkage 209 (21) 51 (20) 1.48 [1.01, 2.18] 2.009 0.04 1.59 [1.03, 2.50] 2.049 0.04
 ≤ 3months post-linkage 515 (51) 99 (40) 1.88 [1.37, 2.57] 3.935 <0.0001 3.24 [1.89, 5.58] 4.266 <0.0001
Baseline CD4 cells/mm3e
 > 350 437 (44) 121 (48) Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 ≤ 350 518 (52) 106 (42) 1.35 [1.01, 1.81] 2.043 0.04 0.68 [0.43, 1.08] −1.624 0.10
 Unknown 46 (5) 23 (9) 0.55 [0.33, 0.96] −2.147 0.03 0.30 [0.15, 0.63] −3.237 0.001
AIDS-defining illnessf, g 416 (42) 102 (41) 1.03 [0.78, 1.37] 0.218 0.83 0.87 [0.60, 1.28] −0.690 0.39
Depressionf 158 (16) 29 (12) 1.43 [0.95, 2.22] 1.653 0.10 1.50 [0.97, 2.40] 1.761 0.08
Metabolic diseasef, h 508 (51) 102 (41) 1.50 [1.13, 1.98] 2.805 0.005 1.28 [0.94, 1.74] 1.559 0.12
≥1 hospitalization during early care period 183 (18) 50 (20) 0.89 [0.64, 1.28] −0.624 0.53 0.76 [0.50, 1.15] −1.329 0.18
Year of linkage [(IQR) per year increase] 2007 (2005, 2009) 2006.5 (2002, 2009) 1.12 [1.07, 1.17] 5.136 <0.0001 1.12 [1.07, 1.18] 4.546 <0.0001
a

N(%), except where noted otherwise.

b

Adjusted model included: Sex, Race, Education, Transmission Route, Time-to-linkage, ART startdate, Baseline CD4, Baseline log HIV-1 RNA, AIDS-defining Illness, Depression, Metabolic Disease, Hospitalizations, Year of linkage.

c

Women with an unknown HIV transmission route (n=45) were categorized as heterosexual transmission, which did not affect our results (data not shown).

d

Time-to-linkage = date of linkage – date of HIV diagnosis.

e

First CD4 count result within first 3 months after date of linkage.

f

Diagnosed before the end of the early care period.

g

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) definition.

h

Diagnosed with at least one of the following: hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia, or hypercholesterolemia.

MSM = men who have sex. IDU = intravenous drug user.