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. 2016 May 17;16:128. doi: 10.1186/s12906-016-1101-5

Table 5.

Odds ratios (OR) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI) for ATM and CAM use, bivariate and multivariate analyses

Variable Use of ATM prior to ART(yes = 382,No = 1365) Use of ATM post ART(Yes = 142, No = 1602) Use of CAM post ART(Yes = 37, No = 1710)
Bivariate
OR (95 % CI)
p-value Multivariable
OR (95 % CI)
p-value Bivariate
OR (95 % CI)
P-value Multivariate
OR (95 % CI)
p-value Bivariate
OR (95 % CI)
p-value Multivariable OR (95 % CI) p-value
Gender
 Male 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Female 0.61 (0.48,0.78) <0.001 0.69 (0.53,0.89) 0.005 0.72 (0.5,1.04) 0.079 0.76 (0.52,1.11) 0.152 1.11 (0.52,2.37) 0.788 1.17 (0.54,2.54) 0.683
Race
 other 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 0.005 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Black 3.17 (1.26,7.98) 0.014 3.87 (1.43,10.49) 0.008 1.71 (0.53,5.54) 0.369 1.91 (0.53,6.84) 0.323 1.29 (0.17,9.57) 0.804 0.75 (0.08,7.44) 0.806
Age
  ≤ 30 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
  > 30 1 (0.75,1.33) 0.985 0.88 (0.65,1.2) 0.427 1.09 (0.7,1.72) 0.693 1.02 (0.64,1.6) 0.947 0.72 (0.33,1.53) 0.389 0.66 (0.31,1.43) 0.293
Marital status
 Not in union 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Married or living with partner 1 (1,1) 0.766 1 (1,1) 0.776 1 (1,1) 0.453 1 (1,1) 0.258 1.34 (0.64,2.8) 0.431 1 (0.96,1.04) 0.868
Mother tongue
 Non-Zulu 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Zulu 0.98 (0.69,1.39) 0.91 0.71 (0.48,1.05) 0.089 0.99 (0.58,1.68) 0.977 0.83 (0.47,1.49) 0.539 1.54 (0.47,5.06) 0.477 1.62 (0.41,6.32) 0.488
 Education Bivariate
OR (95 % CI)
p-value Multivariable
OR (95 % CI)
p-value Bivariate
OR (95 % CI)
P-value Multivariate
OR (95 % CI)
p-value Bivariate
OR (95 % CI)
p-value Multivariable OR (95 % CI) p-value
 Primary 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Some high school 0.75 (0.55,1.01) 0.057 0.74 (0.54,1.02) 0.064 0.79 (0.5,1.24) 0.303 0.83 (0.52,1.34) 0.45 1.44 (0.56,3.65) 0.447 1.41 (0.55,3.62) 0.480
 Grade 12 0.63 (0.46,0.87) 0.005 0.61 (0.43,0.86) 0.005 0.86 (0.54,1.38) 0.543 0.92 (0.56,1.52) 0.739 0.89 (0.31,2.53) 0.828 0.85 (0.29,2.48) 0.762
 Higher certificate, diploma, degree 0.5 (0.3,0.82) 0.006 0.46 (0.27,0.78) 0.004 0.6 (0.28,1.29) 0.189 0.67 (0.31,1.47) 0.318 1.49 (0.41,5.35) 0.542 1.49 (0.4,5.48) 0.551
Income
 None 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
  ≤ R100 000 1.78 (1.4,2.28) <0.001 1.92 (1.49,2.49) <0.001 1.48 (1.03,2.11) 0.032 1.44 (0.99,2.09) 0.054 1.49 (0.76,2.93) 0.243 1.58 (0.79,3.16) 0.199
  > R 100 000 2.73 (1.79,4.16) <0.001 3.38 (2.18,5.25) <0.001 0.75 (0.32,1.77) 0.512 0.85 (0.36,2.03) 0.714 0.98 (0.23,4.28) 0.982 1.07 (0.24,4.77) 0.925
Religion
 Other 1 (ref) <0.001 1 (ref) <0.001 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Christian 0.46 (0.36,0.59) <0.001 0.49 (0.37,0.64) <0.001 0.46 (0.32,0.66) <0.001 0.52 (0.35,0.75) <0.001 0.54 (0.27,1.07) 0.076 0.55 (0.27,1.1) 0.092